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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1111

בָּלָק

Balaqbaw-lawk'

Balak

43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Bâlâq

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1111is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 4 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 17
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1111

Balak, a Moabitish king

The King James renders it: Balak.

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

Balaq is rendered "Balak". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.

  • Forty of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 22:2Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
  • The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.

The first use

Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

Numbers 22:2בָּלָ֖ק

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Forty of the word's forty-three uses are in Numbers.

The other 35 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Balak39
  • and Balak1
  • more than Balak1
  • O Balak1
  • to Balak1

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.

בָּלַעbalato swallow upUses49
בָּלַלbalalto mixUses43
בָּלָהbalahto become oldUses15
בָּלֶהbaleholdUses5
בָּלַגbalagbe cheerfulUses4
בָּלַקbalaqto wasteUses2
בָּלbalmindUses1
בָּלַםbalamto hold inUses1
בָּלַסbalasto gather/tend figsUses1
בָּלַהּbalahhto troubleUsesnot recorded

All 43, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

17 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

  • בָּלָ֖ק7
  • בָּלָק֙7
  • בָּלָ֔ק6
  • בָּלָ֑ק5
  • בָלָ֔ק2
  • בָּלָ֧ק2
  • בָּלָ֜ק2
  • בָּלָ֗ק2
  • בָלָֽק׃2
  • בָלָ֛ק1
  • בָלָ֤ק1
  • בָלָ֜ק1

and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)40HNpm
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm

Numbers

forty uses
  • Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

    Numbers 22:2

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

    Numbers 22:4

    • וּבָלָ֧קuvalakconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Balak
  • 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.

    Numbers 22:7

    • בָלָֽק׃valakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:

    Numbers 22:10

    • בָּלָ֧קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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.”

    Numbers 22:13

    • בָלָ֔קvalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

    Numbers 22:14

    • בָּלָ֑קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.

    Numbers 22:15

    • בָּלָ֑קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

    Numbers 22:16

    • בָּלָ֣קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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.

    Numbers 22:18

    • בָלָ֔קvalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
    • בָלָ֛קvalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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.

    Numbers 22:35

    • בָלָֽק׃valakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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.

    Numbers 22:36

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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?”

    Numbers 22:37

    • בָּלָ֜קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • “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.”

    Numbers 22:38

    • בָּלָ֗קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

    Numbers 22:39

    • בָּלָ֑קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.

    Numbers 22:40

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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.

    Numbers 22:41

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

    Numbers 23:1

    • בָּלָ֔קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    Numbers 23:2

    • בָּלָ֔קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
    • בָּלָ֧קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • “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,

    Numbers 23:3

    • לְבָלָ֗קlevalakpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Balak
  • Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

    Numbers 23:5

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

    Numbers 23:7

    • בָלָ֤קvalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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!”

    Numbers 23:11

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”

    Numbers 23:13

    • בָּלָ֗קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

    Numbers 23:15

    • בָּלָ֔קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

    Numbers 23:16

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

    Numbers 23:17

    • בָּלָ֔קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

    Numbers 23:18

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: O Balak
  • Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

    Numbers 23:25

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

    Numbers 23:26

    • בָּלָ֑קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

    Numbers 23:27

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

    Numbers 23:28

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

    Numbers 23:29

    • בָּלָ֔קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    Numbers 23:30

    • בָּלָ֔קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • 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.

    Numbers 24:10

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
    • בָּלָ֜קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

    Numbers 24:12

    • בָּלָ֑קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.

    Numbers 24:13

    • בָלָ֜קvalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak
  • Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.

    Numbers 24:25

    • בָּלָ֖קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak

Joshua

one use
  • 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,

    Joshua 24:9

    • בָּלָ֤קbalakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak

Judges

one use
  • Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

    Judges 11:25

    • מִבָּלָ֥קmibalakpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: more than Balak

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.’”

    Micah 6:5

    • בָּלָק֙balakproper noun (a name)tagged: Balak

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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