Strong’s
H1106aProper name, a person12 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 36:32בֶּלַע
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Numbers 26:38לְבֶלַע
These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
- 1 Chronicles 1:43בֶּלַע
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֶ֫לַע n.pr.m.
1. a king of Edom
2. 1st son of Benjamin
3. a Reubenite
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.