balak · Balak

What it means

balak (בָּלָק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Balak”.

King of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×40
• Joshua×1
• Judges×1
• Micah×1

• Numbers 22:2

  And Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorite.

• Numbers 22:4

  And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green growth of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

• Numbers 22:7

  So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went, with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

• Numbers 22:10

  And Balaam said to Elohim, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me:

• Numbers 22:13

  So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, for YHWH has refused to let me go with you.”

• Numbers 22:14

  And the princes of Moab rose and came to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

• Numbers 22:15

  And Balak sent again princes, more numerous and more honored than these.

• Numbers 22:16

  And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hold you back from coming to me;

• Numbers 22:18

  But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of YHWH my Elohim, to do anything small or great.

• Numbers 22:35

  And the angel of YHWH said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

• Numbers 22:36

  When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is at the edge of the territory.

• Numbers 22:37

  And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send urgently to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not truly able to honor you?”

• Numbers 22:38

  And Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you now. Am I at all able to speak anything? The word that Elohim puts in my mouth, that I will speak.”

• Numbers 22:39

  And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

• Numbers 22:40

  And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep and sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.

• Numbers 22:41

  And it happened in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and he saw from there the edge of the people.

• Numbers 23:1

  And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

• Numbers 23:2

  And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

• Numbers 23:3

  And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps YHWH will come to meet me, and whatever word he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.

• Numbers 23:5

  And YHWH put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

• Numbers 23:7

  And he took up his poem and said, “From Aram Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me, from the mountains of the east: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

• Numbers 23:11

  And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them!”

• Numbers 23:13

  And Balak said to him, “Come, please, with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the edge of them and shall not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

• Numbers 23:15

  And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet him there.”

• Numbers 23:16

  And YHWH met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

• Numbers 23:17

  And he came to him, and look, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has YHWH spoken?”

• Numbers 23:18

  And he took up his poem and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor!

• Numbers 23:25

  And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

• Numbers 23:26

  But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that YHWH speaks, that I must do’?”

• Numbers 23:27

  And Balak said to Balaam, “Come, please, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of Elohim that you curse them for me from there.”

• Numbers 23:28

  So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the wasteland.

• Numbers 23:29

  And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

• Numbers 23:30

  And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

• Numbers 24:10

  And Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “To curse my enemies I called you, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!

• Numbers 24:12

  And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

• Numbers 24:13

  ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of YHWH, to do good or bad of my own heart; what YHWH speaks, that I will speak’?

• Numbers 24:25

  Then Balaam rose and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

• Joshua 24:9

  Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you.

• Judges 11:25

  And now, are you really any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

• Micah 6:5

  My people, remember, please, what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and of what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH.”

And 3 more times.