Crossword-Solution: BALAAM
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Balaam | n. | A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BALAAM | anagram | ALABAM, AMBALA |
We have 23 clues for the answer “BALAAM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| His beast rebuked him | 1 answer |
| Prophet scolded by his donkey | 1 answer |
| Prophet rebuked by his ass | 1 answer |
| Prophet rebuked by his 26A | 1 answer |
| Prophet rebuked by an ass | 1 answer |
| Prophet rebuked by a donkey | 1 answer |
| Prophet of Pethor. | 1 answer |
| Prophet in Numbers | 1 answer |
| Prophet bribed by Balak to curse Israel. | 1 answer |
| O.T. man rebuked by an ass | 1 answer |
| Man chided by an ass. | 1 answer |
| His donkey scolded him | 1 answer |
| Character in the Book of Numbers | 1 answer |
| Book of Numbers prophet | 1 answer |
| Biblical rider | 1 answer |
| Biblical prophet on a mount | 1 answer |
| Biblical ass rider | 1 answer |
| Biblical ass owner | 1 answer |
| Ass man of the Bible | 1 answer |
| ass wild | 10 answers |
| ASS RELATIVE | 15 answers |
| Old Testament Prophet | 19 answers |
| Biblical prophet | 19 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BALAAM (5)
Thy Father, who is holy, wise, and pure, Suffers the hypocrite or atheous priest To tread his sacred courts, and minister About his altar, handling holy things, Praying or vowing, and voutsafed his voice 490 To Balaam reprobate, a prophet yet Inspired: disdain not such access to me.” To whom our Saviour, with unaltered brow:— “Thy coming hither, though I know thy scope, I bid not, or forbid.
What! sulky old man, your under-lip falls! You think I, too, ready to rail am At your kinship remote to that duffer at walls, The talkative roadster of Balaam.
Now in the time when Balaam prophesied of the Star that should betoken the birth of Christ, all the great lords and the people of Ind and in the East desired greatly to see this Star of which he spake; and they gave gifts to the keepers of the Hill of Vaws, and bade them, if they saw by night or by day any star in the air, that had not been seen aforetime, that they, the keepers, should send anon word to the people of Ind.
Our old friend Balaam went this way and prospered many years ago; let this therefore stand with us for a maxim, and be to Diabolonians for a general rule in all ages; for nothing can make this to fail but grace, in which I would hope that this town has no share.
Since Balaam was called by Balak to curse his enemies, and "blessed them altogether," there has never been a more unexpected tribute to truth.
Quotes with BALAAM (3)
I had a professor one time... He said, 'Class, you will forget almost everything I will teach you in here, so please remember this: that God spoke to Balaam through his ass, and He has been speaking through asses ever since. So, if God should choose to speak through you, you need not think too highly of yourself. And, if on meeting someone, right away you recognize what they are, listen to them anyway'.
The character of Moses, as stated in the Bible, is the most horrid that can be imagined. If those accounts be true, he was the wretch that first began and carried on wars on the score or on the pretence of religion; and under that mask, or that infatuation, committed the most unexampled atrocities that are to be found in the history of any nation. Of which I will state only one instance: When the Jewish army returned from one of their plundering and murdering excursions, the …
The story of Balaam is also a good reminder that just because a person can flow in the gifts of the Holy Spirit doesn't mean they have character.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, NY Sun, NYT, S&S.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1943–2015).