Lexical Summary Beor: "a burning", father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam Original Word: בְּעוֹרTransliteration: Beor Phonetic Spelling: (beh-ore') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "a burning", father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam Meaning: Beor -- "a burning", father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam Strong's Concordance Beor From ba'ar (in the sense of burning); a lamp; Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam -- Beor. see HEBREW ba'ar Brown-Driver-Briggs H1160. Beor בְּעוֺר proper name, masculine (a burning; ᵑ7 torch) — 1 father of Balaam Numbers 22:5; 31:8; Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 13:22; 24:9; Micah 6:5; בְּעֹר Numbers 24:3, 15 (ב ׳בנו). 2 father of בֶּלַע, a king of Edom Genesis 36:32 = 1 Chronicles 1:43. |