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Numbers 22

Num. 22:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the elders
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
v of Midian
Midyan (Hebrew #4080)
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
KJV usage: Midian, Midianite.
Pronounce: mid-yawn'
Origin: the same as 4079
, Now shall this company
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
lick up
lachak (Hebrew #3897)
to lick
KJV usage: lick (up).
Pronounce: law-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
all that are round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
us, as the ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
licketh up
lachak (Hebrew #3897)
to lick
KJV usage: lick (up).
Pronounce: law-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
the grass
yereq (Hebrew #3418)
properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation
KJV usage: grass, green (thing).
Pronounce: yeh'-rek
Origin: from 3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color)
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
. And Balak
Balaq (Hebrew #1111)
waster; Balak, a Moabitish king
KJV usage: Balak.
Pronounce: baw-lawk'
Origin: from 1110
the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Zippor
Tsippowr (Hebrew #6834)
Tsippor, a Moabite
KJV usage: Zippor.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: the same as 6833
was king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of the Moabites
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
at that time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
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Num. 31:8• 8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (Num. 31:8)
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Josh. 13:21‑22• 21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
 22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. (Josh. 13:21‑22)

More on:

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Balak; Balac,
Elders,
Grass,
King,
Midian; Midianites,
Moab; Moabites,
Ox; Oxen,
Son,
Zippor

Cross References

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elders.
Num. 22:7• 7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. (Num. 22:7)
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Num. 25:15‑18• 15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
 16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
 17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
 18For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. (Num. 25:15‑18)
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Num. 31:8• 8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (Num. 31:8)
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Josh. 13:21‑22• 21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
 22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. (Josh. 13:21‑22)
Now shall.
Num. 24:17• 17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. (Num. 24:17)
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Jer. 48:38• 38There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord. (Jer. 48:38)
And Balak.
Num. 22:2• 2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. (Num. 22:2)
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Judg. 11:25• 25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, (Judg. 11:25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this company lick up all that is round about us, as an ox licks up the green herb of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.