noun · masculine
balaam
GreekΒαλαάμ (balaam)
Strong’sG903
Balaam
stem balaam-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βαλαάμ, ὁ, indecl.
(Heb. בִּלְעָם), as in LXX (FlJ has ὁ βάλαμος);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G903 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbal-ah-am'
Balaam, a Mesopotamian (symbolic of a false teacher)
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesBalaam.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | balaam | balaam |
| object accusative | balaam | balaam |
| direct address vocative | balaam | balaam |
| of, belonging to genitive | balaam3×Βαλαὰμ | balaam |
| to, for dative | balaam | balaam |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
balaam“Balaam”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
2 Peter 2:15“Balaam”kataleiparatois euthuan hodan planila, exakoloutharatois ta hoda tou Balaam tou Bosor hos misthon adikiau agapataThey have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Jude 1:11“Balaam’s”ouai autoi, hoti ta hoda tou Kain poreuila, kai ta plana tou Balaam misthou ekchila, kai ta antilogia tou Kore apolluela.Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
Revelation 2:14“Balaam”alla echamō kata su oligeim, hoti echasō ekei kratarōtoin tan didachan Balaam, hos didaskate to Balak ballara skandalem enōpion toiu huioiu Israēl, esthiara eidōlothuteim kai porneuara;But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.