Balak
בָּלָקStrong’s H1111balaq (ba-laq)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Balaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “balak”, “o balak” and “more than balak”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.”
Meaning
- A man of the Moabites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.2
How it's translated
- balak 39
- and balak 1
- to balak 1
- o balak 1
- more than balak 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 37
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
- Micah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 22:4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- Numbers 22:7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
- Numbers 22:13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
- Numbers 22:14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
- Numbers 22:15And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּלָק balaq · Balak
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.22.2; son of: Zippor (H6834) Also named: Balak (Βαλάκ "Balak" G0904) § Balak = "devastator" a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.