Beor (Hebrew: בְּעוֹר Bə‘ōr, "a burning") is a name which appears in relation to a king ("Bela son of Beor") and a diviner ("Balaam son of Beor"). Because...
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List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K (redirect from Jada (biblical figure))
the son of Merari and from Jaaziah 1 Chronicles 24:26–27. Beor was the name of 2 biblical figures. The father of king Bela of Edom who was one of the...
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left Egypt, and because he [the people of Moab] hired Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim against you, to curse you." Rashi notes regarding...
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Balaam (section Biblical criticism)
Balaam (/ˈbeɪlæm/; Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, romanized: Bīlʿām), son of Beor, was a biblical character, a non-Israelite prophet and diviner who lived in Pethor...
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Numbers Beor – Biblical figure, father of Balaam Job – Biblical figure Eliphaz – Biblical figure, an associate of Job Bildad – Biblical figure, an associate...
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Look up beor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beor may refer to: Beor (biblical figure), father of the prophet Balaam Beor (village), a village in...
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Edom, which territory also he himself ruled over: first, Bela, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And after Bela, Jobab, who was called...
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that he was in his presence confronting Job the Uzite and Balaam son of Beor. Narration continues with Pharaoh listening to Balaam and starting the killing...
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Gideon (redirect from Gideon (Biblical figure))
accordance with the folk etymology, given in Judges 6:32. According to biblical scholar Lester Grabbe (2007), "[Judges] 6.32 gives a nonsensical etymology...
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Tel Arad in the Negev, as burned incense or drug. Balaam, biblical figure Beor (biblical figure) El Shaddai, one name of the God of Israel KNMY inscription...
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ISBN 978-0391041288. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel (Biblical figure). Charles, Robert Henry (1911). "Daniel" . Encyclopædia Britannica...
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Samuel (redirect from Samuel (biblical figure))
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel...
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the captured Ark, he fell from his seat, broke his neck, and died. Later biblical passages mention the fortunes of several of Eli's descendants. Eli occupies...
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Abigail (redirect from Abigail (biblical figure))
ed. (1857). "Abigail". A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: 2–3. Wikidata Q115281287. Media related to Abigail (Biblical figure) at Wikimedia Commons...
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Nimrod (section Biblical account)
Classical Syriac: ܢܡܪܘܕ; Arabic: نُمْرُود, romanized: Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of...
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to bear that name Bela (or Belah), the name of three Biblical figures, including Bela ben Beor, king of Edom Bela of Saint Omer (died 1258), Crusader...
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Mordecai (section Biblical account)
ISBN 0687278325. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mordecai (Biblical figure). Jewish Encyclopedia: Mordecai in Esther and in Rabbinical literature...
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Nahum (redirect from Nahum (biblical figure))
saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. "The Chronology of Biblical Prophets", Adapted from Hauer, C.E. & Young, W. A., An Introduction to...
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Rachel (redirect from Rachel (biblical figure))
Rachel (Hebrew: רָחֵל, romanized: Rāḥēl, lit. 'ewe') was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin,...
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Jeremiah (section Biblical narratives)
Al-Anbiya has mentioned the unnamed figure in the verse as Jeremiah, which musing in the similar narrative with the biblical version of Nebuchadnezzar's invasion...
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Aaron (redirect from Aaron (biblical figure))
37:120, 37:122 The Golden Calf: 7:150, 20:94 Media related to Aaron (Biblical figure) at Wikimedia Commons Works related to Aaron at Wikisource The dictionary...
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Moses (category Articles containing Biblical Hebrew-language text)
majority of scholars see the biblical Moses as a legendary figure, while retaining the possibility that Moses or a Moses-like figure existed in the 13th century BCE...
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interpreted the name to mean "the watchman of the Lord". The best known Biblical figure bearing the name Zephaniah is the son of Cushi, and great-great grandson...
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Samson (section Biblical narrative)
the biblical text and onto the seal." The human figure appears to be unarmed, which would correspond to the Samson story. As an important biblical character...
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Edain of Beleriand, with three clans: the people of Hador, the people of Bëor, and the Folk of Haleth. Most descended from the fair-haired and blue-eyed...
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Rachel was Adinah. Sefer haYashar reports that Laban was also the father of Beor the father of Balaam and Balaam's sons were Jannes and Jambres. Laban can...
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name. Debrah is a Hebrew name meaning "bee". It is a feminine name that is often associated with the biblical figure Deborah, who was a prophetess and judge...
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the steward of my house is the Damascene Eliezer?" — Lech-Lecha Medieval biblical exegetes have explained the noun ben mešeq as meaning "butler; steward;...
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Joshua (redirect from Joshua (biblical))
ISBN 9780802837110. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joshua (Biblical figure). Wikisource has original text related to this article: Book of Joshua...
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David (redirect from David/Biblical character)
David (/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד, romanized: Dāwīḏ, "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy...
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