Pethor
פְּתוֹרStrong’s H6604petor (pe-tor)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Petor is the Hebrew word usually translated “pethor towards” and “from pethor”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:”
Meaning
- § Pethor = "soothsayer"
How it's translated
- pethor towards 1
- from pethor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
פְּתוֹר petor · Pethor
§ Pethor = "soothsayer" a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river
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.