Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6604 - פְתוֹר Pthowr

Original Word:	פְתוֹר
Transliteration:	Pthowr
Phonetic Spelling:	(peth-ore')
Definition:	home of Balaam
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Location
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Pethor

Of foreign origin; Pethor, a place in Mesopotamia -- Pethor.

Englishman's Concordance

Pethor=“soothsayer”
1) a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river; site unknown
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign origin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְּתוֺרproper name, of a locationhome of Balsam; — with ה locative מְּת֫וֺרָהNumbers 22:5, φαθουρα, A Βαθουρα; אֲרַם׳פנַהֲרַיִםDeuteronomy 23:5, but omitted ׳פᵐ5; — compare Assyrian Pitru (on western bank of upper Euphrase) Schr^{KGF 220}; COT Numbers 22:5 Dl Pa 269 Dr Hastings DB; Egyptian Pe-d-ru WMM^As.u.Eur:291.

[מָּתוֺת] see פתת.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6604. פְּתוֹר (Pthowr) — 2 Occurrences

Numbers 22:5
HEB:בֶּן־ בְּע֗וֹר פְּ֠תוֹרָה אֲשֶׁ֧ר עַל־
NAS: of Beor, at Pethor, which
KJV: of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the river
INT: the son of Beor Pethor which is near

Deuteronomy 23:4
HEB:בֶּן־ בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם נַהֲרַ֖יִם
NAS: of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia,
KJV: of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia,
INT: the son of Beor Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse

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