בִּלְעָם

bil.amBalaam
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man61 occurrences6 books57 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Balaam: A prophet hired to curse Israel but blessed them instead
  • Ibleam: A Levitical city in Issachar

Definition

probably from H1077 and H5971; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Balaam, Bileam.

Glossary entries

Balaam Ibleam Gath-Rimmon Bileam

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

61 total
  1. Numbers 24:25בִּלְעָ֔ם · Then Balaam
    Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.
  2. Numbers 31:8בִּלְעָ֣ם · 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.
  3. Numbers 31:16בִּלְעָ֔ם · of 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.
  4. Deuteronomy 23:4בִּלְעָ֣ם · Balaam
    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.
  5. Deuteronomy 23:5בִּלְעָ֔ם · 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.
  6. Joshua 13:22בִּלְעָ֥ם · Balaam
    The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
  7. Joshua 24:9לְבִלְעָ֥ם · for 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,
  8. Joshua 24:10לְבִלְעָ֑ם · to Balaam
    …but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:70בִּלְעָ֖ם · and Bileam
    And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
  10. Nehemiah 13:2בִּלְעָם֙ · Balaam
    …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).
  11. Micah 6:5בִּלְעָ֣ם · Balaam
    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.’”