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HebrewH1111Proper Noun (Masculine)

בָּלָק

ba.laq

40Occurrences
H1111Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Balak, a Moabitish king

from H1110 (בָּלַק); waster;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Zippor (H6834) Also named: Balak (*Βαλάκ *"Balak" G0904) § Balak = "devastator" a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בָּלָק appears 40 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
37
Judges
1
Joshua
1
Micah
1

Key Passages

Judges 11:25BSB

Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

Numbers 22:14BSB

And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Numbers 22:39BSB

So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

Numbers 23:11BSB

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”

Numbers 23:27BSB

“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.