1160. Beor
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Beor: Beor

Original Word: בְּעוֹר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: B`owr
Pronunciation: beh-OR
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-ore')
KJV: Beor
NASB: Beor
Word Origin: [from H1197 (בָּעַר - To burn) (in the sense of burning)]

1. a lamp
2. Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king
3. also of that of Balaam

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Beor

From ba'ar (in the sense of burning); a lamp; Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam -- Beor.

see HEBREW ba'ar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from baar
Definition
"a burning," father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam
NASB Translation
Beor (10).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בְּעוֺר proper name, masculine (a burning; ᵑ7 torch) —

1 father of Balaam Numbers 22:5; Numbers 31:8; Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 13:22; Joshua 24:9; Micah 6:5; בְּעֹר Numbers 24:3,15 (׳בנו ב).

2 father of בֶּלַע, a king of Edom Genesis 36:32 = 1 Chronicles 1:43.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּע֑וֹר בְּע֔וֹר בְּע֖וֹר בְּע֗וֹר בְעֹ֔ר בעור בער ḇə‘ōr bə‘ōwr bə·‘ō·wr ḇə·‘ōr beor veOr
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Genesis 36:32
HEB: בֶּ֖לַע בֶּן־ בְּע֑וֹר וְשֵׁ֥ם עִיר֖וֹ
NAS: Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,
KJV: the son of Beor reigned
INT: Bela the son of Beor and the name of his city

Numbers 22:5
HEB: בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־ בְּע֗וֹר פְּ֠תוֹרָה אֲשֶׁ֧ר
NAS: the son of Beor, at Pethor,
KJV: the son of Beor to Pethor,
INT: Balaam the son of Beor Pethor which

Numbers 24:3
HEB: בִּלְעָם֙ בְּנ֣וֹ בְעֹ֔ר וּנְאֻ֥ם הַגֶּ֖בֶר
NAS: the son of Beor, And the oracle
KJV: the son of Beor hath said,
INT: of Balaam the son of Beor and the oracle of the man

Numbers 24:15
HEB: בִּלְעָם֙ בְּנ֣וֹ בְעֹ֔ר וּנְאֻ֥ם הַגֶּ֖בֶר
NAS: the son of Beor, And the oracle
KJV: the son of Beor hath said,
INT: of Balaam the son of Beor and the oracle of the man

Numbers 31:8
HEB: בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־ בְּע֔וֹר הָרְג֖וּ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃
NAS: Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
KJV: also the son of Beor they slew
INT: Balaam the son of Beor killed the sword

Deuteronomy 23:4
HEB: בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־ בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם
NAS: the son of Beor from Pethor
KJV: the son of Beor of Pethor
INT: Balaam the son of Beor Pethor of Mesopotamia

Joshua 13:22
HEB: בִּלְעָ֥ם בֶּן־ בְּע֖וֹר הַקּוֹסֵ֑ם הָרְג֧וּ
NAS: the son of Beor, the diviner,
KJV: also the son of Beor, the soothsayer,
INT: Balaam the sons of Beor the diviner killed

Joshua 24:9
HEB: לְבִלְעָ֥ם בֶּן־ בְּע֖וֹר לְקַלֵּ֥ל אֶתְכֶֽם׃
NAS: Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
KJV: Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
INT: Balaam the son of Beor to curse

1 Chronicles 1:43
HEB: בֶּ֚לַע בֶּן־ בְּע֔וֹר וְשֵׁ֥ם עִיר֖וֹ
NAS: was the son of Beor, and the name
KJV: the son of Beor: and the name
INT: Bela was the son of Beor and the name of his city

Micah 6:5
HEB: בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־ בְּע֑וֹר מִן־ הַשִּׁטִּים֙
NAS: son of Beor answered
KJV: the son of Beor answered
INT: Balaam son of Beor at Shittim

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1160
10 Occurrences


bə·‘ō·wr — 8 Occ.
ḇə·‘ōr — 2 Occ.

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