Word Study · Strong's H1109 · Hebrew
בִּלְעָם
Bilam
bil-awm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bilʻâm
“Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Balaam, Bileam.
- 61occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 61 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- בִּלְעָ֔ם13
- בִּלְעָם֙9
- בִּלְעָ֑ם7
- בִּלְעָ֖ם7
- בִּלְעָ֗ם6
- בִּלְעָ֣ם4
- בִּלְעָ֜ם3
- בִלְעָ֑ם2
- בִלְעָם֒1
- בִלְעָ֜ם1
- בִּלְעָם֮1
- בִּלְעָ֥ם1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Balaam55
- to Balaam4
- and Balaam1
- Bileam1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)55
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 55
- HR/Npm · 4
- HC/Npm · 1
- HNpl · 1
All 61, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Numbers53 of 61 · 87%
- Joshua3 of 61 · 5%
- Deuteronomy2 of 61 · 3%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 61 · 2%
- Nehemiah1 of 61 · 2%
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Numbers53 occurrences
- Numbers 22:5בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:7בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:8בִּלְעָֽם׃bilamproper noun (a name)“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:9בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:10בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:12בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:13בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:14בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:16בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:18בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:20בִּלְעָם֮bilamproper noun (a name)That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:21בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:23בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:25בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:27בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:27בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:28לְבִלְעָם֙levilampreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”here: to Balaam
- Numbers 22:29בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:30בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:31בִלְעָם֒vilamproper noun (a name)Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:34בִּלְעָ֜םbilamproper noun (a name)“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:35בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:35בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:36בִלְעָ֑םvilamproper noun (a name)When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:37בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:38בִּלְעָ֜םbilamproper noun (a name)“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:39בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.here: Balaam
- Numbers 22:40לְבִלְעָ֔םlevilampreposition + proper noun (a name)Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.here: to Balaam
- Numbers 22:41בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:1בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:2בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:2וּבִלְעָ֛םuvilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.here: and Balaam
- Numbers 23:3בִּלְעָ֜םbilamproper noun (a name)“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:4בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:5בִלְעָ֑םvilamproper noun (a name)Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:11בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:16בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:25בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:26בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:27בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:28בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:29בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”here: Balaam
- Numbers 23:30בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:1בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:2בִלְעָ֜םvilamproper noun (a name)When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:3בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:10בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:10בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:12בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent mehere: Balaam
- Numbers 24:15בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,here: Balaam
- Numbers 24:25בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.here: Balaam
- Numbers 31:8בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.here: Balaam
- Numbers 31:16בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.here: Balaam
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:4בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.here: Balaam
- Deuteronomy 23:5בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.here: Balaam
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 13:22בִּלְעָ֥םbilamproper noun (a name)The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.here: Balaam
- Joshua 24:9לְבִלְעָ֥םlevilampreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,here: to Balaam
- Joshua 24:10לְבִלְעָ֑םlevilampreposition + proper noun (a name)but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.here: to Balaam