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Strong's #6604: Pthowr (pronounced peth-ore')

of foreign origin; Pethor, a place in Mesopotamia:--Pethor.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pethôr

Pethor = "soothsayer"

1) a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river; site unknown

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: of foreign origin



Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Numbers 22:5: "Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land"
Deuteronomy 23:4: "against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia,"









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