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Pethor

A city of Mesopotamia, of which the Prophet Balaam was a native. The Hebrews call this city Pethura. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
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Study overview

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H6604
Hebrew
פְּתוֹר · Pᵉthôwr

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

פְּתוֹר

H6604
Transliteration
Pᵉthôwr
Pronunciation
peth-ore'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

Pethor.

Lexicon definition

Pethor, a place in Mesopotamia

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Pethor

Interpretation of dreams, identified with Pitru, on the west bank of the Euphrates, a few miles south of the Hittite capital of Carchemish (Num. 22:5, "which is by the river of the land of the children of [the god] Ammo"). (See [471]BALAAM.)

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

PETHOR

a city of Mesopotamia, of which the Prophet Balaam was a native. The Hebrews call this city Pethura. Ptolemy calls it Pachora; and Eusebius, Pathara. He places it in the Upper Mesopotamia.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Pethor

Indexed occurrences: 2

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All Scripture references2 references

Numbers 1

Numbers 22:5

Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 23:4

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PETHOR

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Dictionary

Pethor

Interpretation of dreams, identified with Pitru, on the west bank of the Euphrates, a few miles south of the Hittite capital of Carchemish (Num. 22:5, "which is by the river of the land of the children of [the god] Ammo"). (See [471]BALAAM.)

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