Bible Names

Bileam: meaning of the name

Bileam means “the ancient of the people; the devourer.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Bileam in Hebrew and Greek

בִּלְעָם H1109

Bilʻâm (bil-awm') — Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine

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

Places named Bileam

Bileam in Scripture

“Bileam” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:70

    And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.