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|strgr=of [[Hebrew]] [[origin]] (בִּלְעָם); Balaam, a Mesopotamian (symbolic of a false [[teacher]]): Balaam. | |strgr=of [[Hebrew]] [[origin]] (בִּלְעָם); Balaam, a Mesopotamian (symbolic of a false [[teacher]]): Balaam. | ||
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|txtha=ὁ, indeclinable (in the Sept. for בִּלְעָם, according to Gesenius ([[perhaps]]) from בַּל and עָם non-populus, i. e. [[foreign]]; according to Jo. Simonis equivalent to עָם בֶּלַע a swallowing up of the [[people]]; in Josephus, ὁ Βαλαμος), Balaam (or Bileam), a [[native]] of Pethor a [[city]] of [[Mesopotamia]], endued by Jehovah [[with]] [[prophetic]] [[power]]. He [[was]] [[hired]] by Balak ([[see]] [[Βαλάκ]]) to [[curse]] the Israelites; and influenced by the [[love]] of [[reward]], he wished to [[gratify]] Balak; [[but]] he [[was]] compelled by Jehovah's [[power]] to [[bless]] [[them]] (Numbers 22-24; Winer s RWB (and BB. DD.) [[under]] the [[word]]. | |||
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