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Lexicon :: Strong's H1166 - bāʿal

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בָּעַל
Transliteration
bāʿal
Pronunciation
baw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 262

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בעל.

Strong’s Definitions

בָּעַל bâʻal, baw-al'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry:—have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1166 in the following manner: marry (8x), husband (3x), dominion (2x), wife (1x), married wife (1x), Beulah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1166 in the following manner: marry (8x), husband (3x), dominion (2x), wife (1x), married wife (1x), Beulah (1x).

  1. to marry, rule over, possess, own

    1. (Qal)

      1. to marry, be lord (husband) over

      2. to rule over

    2. (Niphal) to be married

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּעַל bâʻal, baw-al'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry:—have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).
STRONGS H1166: Abbreviations
† בָּעַל verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic بَعَلَ = own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic በዐለ፡ to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COTGloss, Aramaic בְּעַל take possession of wife or concubine) **Jer 3:14; 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic بَعَلَ be disgusted, derive from II. בָּעַל loathe (followed by בְּ); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in Jeremiah 31:32 read גָּעַלְתִּי (treating Jeremiah 3:14 as I. בָּעַל).
—Qal Perfect Malachi 2:11 + 6 times; Imperfect יִבְעַל Isaiah 62:5 (twice in verse); Participle suffix בֹּעֲלַיִךְ Isaiah 54:5; passive feminine בְּעוּלָה Isaiah 54:1 + 3 times;—
1. marry Genesis 20:3 (E) Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:1; Isaiah 54:1, 5; Isaiah 62:4, 5 (twice in verse); Malachi 2:11; followed by בְּ Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32 be lord (husband) over.
2. rule over 1 Chronicles 4:22 (followed by לְ) Isaiah 26:13.
Niph. Imperfect תִּבָּעֵל Proverbs 30:23; Isaiah 62:4 be married.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:3

Deuteronomy

21:13; 22:22; 24:1

1 Chronicles

4:22

Proverbs

30:23

Isaiah

26:13; 54:1; 54:1; 54:5; 54:5; 62:4; 62:4; 62:5; 62:5

Jeremiah

3:14; 3:14; 3:14; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32

Malachi

2:11; 2:11

H1166

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1166 matches the Hebrew בָּעַל (bāʿal),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is [fn]married H1166.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - “She shall also [fn]remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and weep for her father and mother a full month; and after that you may have relations with her and become H1166 her husband H1166 and she shall be your wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 -

“If a man is found sleeping with a married H1166 woman, then both of them shall die, the man who slept with the woman, and the woman; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 -

“When a man takes a wife and marries H1166 her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, that he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and [fn]sends her away from his house,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 - and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled H1166 in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the [fn]records are ancient.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 -

Under an unloved woman when she gets H1166 a H1166 husband H1166,

And a female servant when she dispossesses her mistress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 -

LORD, our God, other masters besides You have ruled H1166 us;

But through You alone we [fn]confess Your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 -

“Shout for joy, infertile one, you who have not given birth to any child;

Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor;

For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous

Than the sons of the married H1166 woman,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:5 -

“For your husband H1166 is your Maker,

Whose name is the LORD of armies;

And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,

Who is called the God of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:4 -

It will no longer be said to you, “[fn]Forsaken,”

Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “[fn]Desolate”;

But you will be called, “[fn]My delight is in her,”

And your land, “[fn]Married H1166”;

For the LORD delights in you,

And to Him your land will be married H1166.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 -

For as a young man marries H1166 a virgin,

So your sons will marry H1166 you;

And as the [fn]groom rejoices over the bride,

So your God will rejoice over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 -

‘Return, you faithless sons,’ declares the LORD;

‘For I am H1166 a H1166 master H1166 to you,

And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,

And bring you to Zion.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was H1166 a H1166 husband H1166 to them,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD [fn]which He loves, and has married H1166 the daughter of a foreign god.
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