Beor

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Be’or. (burning or torch).

1. The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. Gen 36:32; 1Ch 1:43.

2. Father of Balaam. Num 22:5; Num 24:3; Num 24:15; Num 31:8; Deu 23:4; Jos 13:22; Jos 24:9; Mic 6:5. He is called Bosor, in the New Testament. (B.C. before 1450).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

1. Father of Bela. (See BELA.)

2. Father of Balaam. (See BALAAM.)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock & James Strong (1880) ↑

(Heb. Beor’, בְּעוֹר, a torch; Sept. Βεώρ), the name of two men. SEE BALAAM.

1. The father of Bela (q.v.), one of the kings of Edom (Gen 36:32; 1Ch 1:43). B.C. apparently ante 1618.

2. The father of Balaam, the backsliding prophet (Num 22:5; Num 24:3; Num 24:15; Num 31:8; Jos 13:22; Jos 24:9; Mic 6:5; Deu 23:4). In 2Pe 2:15, he is called BOSOR SEE BOSOR (q.v.). B.C. ante 1618.

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Be’or]

1. Father of Bela, king of Edom. Gen 36:32.

2. Father of Balaam the prophet. Num 22:5. See BOSOR.

Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer (ed.) (1906) ↑

By: Richard Gottheil, Gerson B. Levi

1. Father of Bela, king of Edon (Gen. xxxvi. 32; I Chron. i. 43). 2. Father of Balaam (Num. xxii. 5; xxiv. 3, 15; xxxi. 8; Deut. xxiii. 4; Josh. xiii. 22; Micah vi. 5). II Peter ii. 15 gives the name as "Bosor."

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

BEOR.—1. Father of Balaam, Num 22:5; Num 24:3; Num 24:15; J [Note: Jahwist.] , Jos 24:9, also Num 31:8, Deu 23:4, Jos 13:22, Mic 6:5, 2Pe 2:15 (Bosor, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). 2. Father of Bela, king of Edom, Gen 36:32 J [Note: Jahwist.] , 1Ch 1:43.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

bē´or (בּעור, b^e‛ōr, “destroyer”(?)):

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

(2) The father of the seer Balaam (Num 22:5; Num 24:3, Num 24:15; Num 31:8; Deu 23:4; Jos 13:22; Jos 24:9, omitted in Septuagint; Mic 6:5; 2Pe 2:15, the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin “Bosor”).

Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings (1916) ↑

Beor, the father of Balaam, is named in 2Pe_2:15 (Authorized Version , with some ancient authorities, Bosor, which may be a corruption of Pethor [Grotius], or may be due to the Greek sibilant taking the place of the Heb. guttural [Vitringa]). Balaam by his great wisdom became vain, so a fool (ben be‘ôr), said Jerus. Targ. to Num_22:5; cf. Jewish Encyclopedia ii. 468; C. Vitringa, Observ. Sacrœ, i. 936f.

W. F. Cobb.