Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1109
בִּלְעָם
Bilambil-awm'
Balaam; Bileam
61 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Bilʻâm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1109is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1109
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Balaam, Bileam.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Bilam is rendered "Balaam; Bileam". It stands 61 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Fifty-three of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Balaam".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 22:5he 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.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
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.
Numbers 22:5בִּלְעָ֣ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifty-three of the word's sixty-one uses are in Numbers.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: Balaam, and Bileam.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| BalaamStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereNumbers 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor… |
| BileamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Balaam55
- to Balaam4
- and Balaam1
- Bileam1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בִּלְתִּי | bilti | lest | Uses112 |
| בִּלְעֲדֵי | bilade | beside | Uses17 |
The words it stands beside
All 61, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּלְעָ֔ם13
- בִּלְעָם֙9
- בִּלְעָ֑ם7
- בִּלְעָ֖ם7
- בִּלְעָ֗ם6
- בִּלְעָ֣ם4
- בִּלְעָ֜ם3
- בִלְעָ֑ם2
- בִלְעָם֒1
- בִלְעָ֜ם1
- בִּלְעָם֮1
- בִּלְעָ֥ם1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)55HNpm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
- proper noun (a name)1HNpl
Numbers
fifty-three uses
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.
- בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
“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.
- בִּלְעָֽם׃bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.”
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.”
- בִּלְעָם֮bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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?”
- לְבִלְעָם֙levilampreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Balaam
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!”
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִלְעָם֒vilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
“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.”
- בִּלְעָ֜םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִלְעָ֑םvilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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?”
- בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
“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.”
- בִּלְעָ֜םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.
- לְבִלְעָ֔םlevilampreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
- וּבִלְעָ֛םuvilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Balaam
“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,
- בִּלְעָ֜םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.”
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- בִלְעָ֑םvilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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!”
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- בִּלְעָ֑םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,
- בִלְעָ֜םvilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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,
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
- בִּלְעָ֗םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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,
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
“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.
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Deuteronomy
two uses
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.
- בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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.
- בִּלְעָ֔םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Joshua
three uses
The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
- בִּלְעָ֥םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
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,
- לְבִלְעָ֥םlevilampreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Balaam
but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
- לְבִלְעָ֑םlevilampreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Balaam
1 Chronicles
one use
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
- בִּלְעָ֖םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Bileam
Nehemiah
one use
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
- בִּלְעָם֙bilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
Micah
one use
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
- בִּלְעָ֣םbilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Balaam
The letters
Gematria 142· 702 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.