Strong's #1109: Bil`am (pronounced bil-awm')
probably from 1077 and 5971; not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:--Balaam, Bileam.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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bil‛âm
Balaam = "not of the people"
1) the son of Beor, a man endowed with the gift of prophecy (noun proper masculine)
2) a town in Manasseh (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: probably from H1077 and H5971
Usage:
This word is used 61 times:
Numbers 24:25: " And Balaam rose up, and went to his place: and Balak also went"
Numbers 31:8: "five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword."
Numbers 31:16: "of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in"
Deuteronomy 23:4: "out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor"
Deuteronomy 23:5: "hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned"
Joshua 13:22: " Balaam also the son of Beor, did the children of Israel slay with the sword"
Joshua 24:9: "against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse"
Joshua 24:10: "But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand."
1 Chronicles 6:70: "Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons"
Nehemiah 13:2: "and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned"
Micah 6:5: "of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from"
