Meaning
(1) Father of Bela, the first king of Edom (Gen 36:32, 1Ch 1:43).
(2) The father of the seer Balaam (Num 22:5, Num 24:3, Num 24:15, Num 31:8, Deu 23:4, Jos 13:22, Jos 24:9, omitted in Septuagint; Mic 6:5, 2Pe 2:15, the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin "Bosor").