Beor

BEOR

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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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEOR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.