Lectionary Calendar
Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6604 - פְּתוֹר
Transliteration
Pᵉthôwr
Phonetics
peth-ore'
Origin
of foreign origin
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Pethor = "soothsayer"
- a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river; site unknown
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
ASV (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
BSB (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
CSB (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
ESV (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
KJV (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
LEB (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Numbers
1
Deuteronomy
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מְּתוֺר proper name, of a location home of Balsam; — with ה locative מְּת֫וֺרָה Numbers 22:5, φαθουρα, A Βαθουρα; אֲרַם׳פ נַהֲרַיִם Deuteronomy 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
פְּתוֹר (“interpretation of dreams,” perhaps i.q. בֵּית פְּתוֹר house, or habitation of the ὀνειρόπολοι [“perhaps i.q. Ch. פְּתוֹרָא table”]), [Pethor], pr.n. of a town on the Euphrates, where Balaam dwelt, Numbers 22:5 (compare 23:7 ); Deuteronomy 23:5.
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List of Word Forms
מִפְּת֛וֹר מפתור פְּ֠תוֹרָה פתורה mip·pə·ṯō·wr mippeTor mippəṯōwr pə·ṯō·w·rāh Petorah pəṯōwrāh
