Βαλάκ
king of Moab
‘king of Moab’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Every verse where G904 appears — 1 distinct verse across 1 book. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Revelation 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, Βαλακ (Balák) means “king of Moab.” It occurs a mere 1 verse across Scripture. Its uses cluster heavily in Revelation (100% of all occurrences). Found nowhere else but Revelation 2:14. Catalogued under 2 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G904 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1 distinct verse.
- 1 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 1 of 27 New Testament books.
- #3,503
- by frequency
- Top 5000 most frequent Greek words (rank 3,503 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Revelation 1 verse 100%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1 distinct verse.
- Johannine 1 verse · 100%
- Revelation 1 verse · 100%
How translations render this word
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- King James Version: Balac 1×
- American Standard Version: Balak 1×
- Berean Standard Bible: Balak 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Balak 1×
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Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Balak = "a devastator or spoiler"
- a king of Moab
Word origin
Derived from בלק (Bâlâq) (H1111) — Balak.
Of hebrew origin [ H1111 ]; Balak a Moabite : - Balac.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word Βαλακ appears 53 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 49 verses in 7 books.
- 53
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 49
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 7 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 7 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 14:2 βαλακ
- Numbers 22:2 βαλακ
- Joshua 24:9 βαλακ
- Judges 1:27 βαλακ
- 1 Chronicles 1:31 βαλακ
- Job 42:17 βαλακ
- Micah 6:5 βαλακ
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G904) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 14:2 βαλακ that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
- Genesis 14:8 βαλακ There went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;
- Genesis 36:32 βαλακ Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:33 βαλακ Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
- Numbers 22:2 βαλακ Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
- Numbers 22:4 βαλακ Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
- Numbers 22:7 βαλακ The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:10 βαλακ Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],
- Numbers 22:13 βαλακ Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you.
- Numbers 22:14 βαλακ The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
- Numbers 22:15 βαλακ Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
- Numbers 22:16 βαλακ They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
- Numbers 22:18 βαλακ Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
- Numbers 22:35 βαλακ The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 22:36 βαλακ When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
- Numbers 22:37 βαλακ Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?
- Numbers 22:38 βαλακ Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
- Numbers 22:39 βαλακ Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
- Numbers 22:40 βαλακ Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
- Numbers 22:41 βαλακ It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
- Numbers 23:1 βαλακ Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:2 βαλακ Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
- Numbers 23:3 βαλακ Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you. He went to a bare height.
- Numbers 23:5 βαλακ Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
- Numbers 23:7 βαλακ He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
- Numbers 23:11 βαλακ Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
- Numbers 23:12 βαλακ He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
- Numbers 23:13 βαλακ Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
- Numbers 23:15 βαλακ He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.
- Numbers 23:16 βαλακ Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
- Numbers 23:17 βαλακ He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken?
- Numbers 23:18 βαλακ He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:
- Numbers 23:25 βαλακ Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
- Numbers 23:26 βαλακ But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
- Numbers 23:27 βαλακ Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.
- Numbers 23:28 βαλακ Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
- Numbers 23:29 βαλακ Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:30 βαλακ Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 24:10 βαλακ Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
- Numbers 24:12 βαλακ Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,
- Numbers 24:13 βαλακ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak?
- Numbers 24:25 βαλακ Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
- Joshua 24:9 βαλακ Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
- Judges 1:27 βαλακ Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- Judges 11:25 βαλακ Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
- 1 Chronicles 1:31 βαλακ Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 βαλακ The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
- Job 42:17 βαλακ So Job died, being old and full of days.
- Micah 6:5 βαλακ My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G904) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
