Beor: meaning of the name

Beor in Hebrew and Greek

People named Beor in the Bible

• Beor

  9 verses · first mentioned in Numbers 22:5

• Beor

  2 verses · first mentioned in Genesis 36:32

Beor in Scripture

“Beor” appears in 10 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Genesis 36:32

  And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

• Numbers 22:5

  He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

• Numbers 24:3

  And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

• Numbers 24:15

  And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

• Numbers 31:8

  And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

• Deuteronomy 23:4

  Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

• Joshua 13:22

  Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

• Joshua 24:9

  Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: