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Beor

A man, in the time of Egypt and Wilderness · named in 9 verses

the name means a lamp Strong's Lexicon

Beor was the father of Balaam, a pagan prophet from Pethor.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

A torch.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Children Balaam

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Numbers 22:5.

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