Midvash

פְּתוֹרPᵉthôwr

proper name [of a location]: home of Balsam (Numbers 22:5; Deuteronomy 23:5)

Pronunciation: peth-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6604

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 22:5 sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor near the Euphrates River. His message said: “Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.
  • Deuteronomy 23:4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).