Beor

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BEOR . 1 . Father of Balaam,   Numbers 22:5;   Numbers 24:3;   Numbers 24:15; J [Note: Jahwist.] ,   Joshua 24:9 , also   Numbers 31:8 ,   Deuteronomy 23:4 ,   Joshua 13:22 ,   Micah 6:5 ,   2 Peter 2:15 ( Bosor , AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). 2 . Father of Bela, king of Edom,   Genesis 36:32 J [Note: Jahwist.] ,   1 Chronicles 1:43 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Be'or. (Burning or Torch).

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

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

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The father of Balaam ( Numbers 22:5;  24:3,15;  31:8 ). In  2 Peter 2:15 he is called Bosor.

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Beor'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/beor.html. 1897.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

Beor, the father of Balaam, is named in  2 Peter 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 b e ‘ôr ), said Jerus. Targ . to  Numbers 22:5; cf. Jewish Encyclopedia ii. 468; C. Vitringa, Observ. Sacrœ , i. 936f.

W. F. Cobb.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:32 2 Numbers 22:5Balaam

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

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

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Bela. (See Bela .)

2. Father of Balaam. (See Balaam .)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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 ( Genesis 36:32;  1 Chronicles 1:43). B.C. apparently ante 1618.

2. The father of Balaam, the backsliding prophet ( Numbers 22:5;  Numbers 24:3;  Numbers 24:15;  Numbers 31:8;  Joshua 13:22;  Joshua 24:9;  Micah 6:5;  Deuteronomy 23:4). In  2 Peter 2:15, he is called BOSOR (See Bosor) (q.v.). B.C. ante 1618.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bē´or ( בּעור , be‛ōr , "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;  Numbers 24:3 ,  Numbers 24:15;  Numbers 31:8;  Deuteronomy 23:4;  Joshua 13:22;  Joshua 24:9 , omitted in Septuagint;  Micah 6:5;  2 Peter 2:15 , the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin "Bosor").