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Beor

be'-or (burning; foolish; mad, torch)
RELATED: Balaam, Bela, Bosor

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a torch.

(1) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom ( Genesis 36:32 ).

(2) The father of Balaam ( Numbers 22:5 ; 24:3 , 24:15 ; 31:8 ). In 2 Peter 2:15 he is called Bosor.

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

burning; foolish; mad

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

(burning or torch).

(1) The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. ( Genesis 36:32 ; 1 Chronicles 1:43 )

(2) Father of Balaam. ( Numbers 22:5 ; 24:3 , 24:15 ; 31:8 ; Deuteronomy 1:1 , 23:4 ; Joshua 13:22 ; 24:9 ; Micah 6:5 ) He is called BOSOR in the New Testament. (B.C. before 1450.)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

be'-or (be'or, "destroyer"(?)):

(1) Father of Bela, the first king of Edom (Genesis 36:32; 1 Chronicles 1:43).

(2) The father of the seer Balaam (Numbers 22:5 ; 24:3 ,15 ; 31:8 ; Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Joshua 13:22 ; 24:9, omitted in Septuagint ; Micah 6:5 ; 2 Peter 2:15 , the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin "Bosor").

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