HebrewH6604Noun
פְּתוֹר
pe.tor
“Pethor”
1Occurrences
H6604Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Pethor, a place in Mesopotamia
of foreign origin;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Pethor = "soothsayer" a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
פְּתוֹר appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Numbers
1
Key Passages
Numbers 22:5BSB
he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people.“Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
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