Hebrew word study

בִּלְעָםBilʻâm Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet

Pronounced “bil-awm'

Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine

Translated in the King James as: Balaam, Bileam.

Appears 60 times in Scripture

Origin: probably from H1077 (בַּל) and H5971 (עַם); not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner;

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Where it appears

Numbers 52×
Numbers 22:5Numbers 22:7Numbers 22:8Numbers 22:9Numbers 22:10Numbers 22:12Numbers 22:13Numbers 22:14Numbers 22:16Numbers 22:18Numbers 22:20Numbers 22:21Numbers 22:23Numbers 22:25Numbers 22:27Numbers 22:28Numbers 22:29Numbers 22:30Numbers 22:31Numbers 22:34Numbers 22:35Numbers 22:36Numbers 22:37Numbers 22:38Numbers 22:39+ 27 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 23:4Deuteronomy 23:5
Joshua 3×
Joshua 13:22Joshua 24:9Joshua 24:10
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 6:70
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 13:2
Micah 1×
Micah 6:5

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