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Βαλάκ
Balak
G0904
N:N-M-P Greek

Balak

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Balak is the named figure whom Balaam taught in a clause about setting a stumbling block before Israel.

The attested use names Balak as the person whom Balaam taught in the clause about placing a stumbling block before the sons of Israel.

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  1. The person taught by Balaam · dominant

    In Revelation 2:14, the dative singular masculine form occurs after the clause about Balaam, whom the APB renders as having “taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel.” The verse identifies Balak within that reported instruction.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Revelation 2:14, the APB presents the name in the clause “taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel.” The verse is read as a whole, but it clearly treats the form as the person taught by Balaam.

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