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Zippor

Name meaning: bird; sparrow; crown; desert (Hitchcock)

A little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Num. 22:2, 4).

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(sparrow), father of Balak king of Moab. (Numbers 22:2,4,10,16; 23:18; Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25) Whether he was the “former king of Moab” alluded to in (Numbers 21:26) we are not told. (B.C. 1451.)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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