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Lexicon :: Strong's H1168 - baʿal

Aa
בַּעַל
Transliteration
baʿal
Pronunciation
bah'-al
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as בַּעַל (H1167)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 262a

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בַּעַל Baʻal, bah'-al; the same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity:—Baal, (plural) Baalim.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H1168 in the following manner: Baal (62x), Baalim (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H1168 in the following manner: Baal (62x), Baalim (18x).
  1. Baal = "lord"

    proper masculine noun
    1. supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

    2. a Reubenite

    3. the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul

      proper locative noun
    4. a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּעַל Baʻal, bah'-al; the same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity:—Baal, (plural) Baalim.
STRONGS H1168: Abbreviations
בַּעַל Especially
II. lord, specifically as divine name, Baal.
1. without article: במות בעל [H1109 Numbers 22:41] (poetry Balaam); בעל פעור [H1187 Numbers 25:3, 5 (E) Deuteronomy 4:3] (see below). This divine name is not used elsewhere in Hexateuch It probably originated from the sense of divine ownership, rather than sovereignty (RSSem 92). It seems to have been used in Northern Israel = אדון in the South. It was the special name of the God of the Canaanites, Philistines, etc., = Babylonian בֵּל, compare SchrSK 1874, 335 ff. In later times scribes substituted בּשֶׁת, in proper name (ירבשׁת = ירבעל, אשׁבשׁת = אשׁבעל, see בּשֶׁת, GeiZMG 1862, 728 ff.), & also in the text for בעל [H1187 Hosea 9:10]; Jeremiah 11:13 (hence ἡ βάαλ Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 11:13, 17; Jeremiah 19:5; Hosea 2:10 [Hosea 2:8]; Hosea 13:1 +, Romans 11:4, see DiBaal mit d. weib. Art1 Kel, MBA 1881, June 16 Dr 2 Samuel 4:4).
2. with article: הַבַּעַל Judges 2:13; Judges 6:25, 28, 30, 31, 32; 1 Kings 16:31, 32 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:19, 21, 22, 25, 26 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 19:18; 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:18, 19 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:20, 21 (3 times in verse); 2 Kings 10:22, 23 (3 times in verse); 2 Kings 10:25, 26, 27 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:28; 2 Kings 11:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:4, 5; 2 Chronicles 23:17 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 11:13, 17; Jeremiah 12:16; Jeremiah 19:5 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 23:13; Jeremiah 23:27; Jeremiah 32:29; Jeremiah 32:35; Hosea 2:10 [Hosea 2:8]; Hosea 13:1; Zephaniah 1:4.
3. הַבְּעָלִים emphatic plural (compare האלהים, האדונים) the great lord, the sovereign owner Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Judges 8:33; Judges 10:6, 10; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Chronicles 17:3; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3; 34:4; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 9:13 [Jeremiah 9:14]; Hosea 2:15 [Hosea 2:13]; Hosea 2:19 [Hosea 2:17]; Hosea 11:2 (or local special Ba`als, see DrSm. p. 50; pillars of Baal MV).
4. with attributive: בַּעַל בְּרִית Lord of convenant [H1170 Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4] (compare אל ברית [H1167 Judges 9:46]; NöZMG 1888, 478); זְבוּב ב׳ Lord of flies [H1176 2 Kings 1:2, 3, 6, 16], Philistine god, Greek Version of the LXX Βααλ μυῖαν (Beelzebub, Matthew 12:24) compare BaeRel 25.

† II. בַּ֫עַל
1. proper name, of a location city in the tribe of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:33 = בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר.
2. proper name, masculine
a. a Reubenite 1 Chronicles 5:5;

See top portion of this BDB entry H1167.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1169.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

2:11; 2:13; 3:7; 6:25; 6:28; 6:30; 6:31; 6:32; 8:33; 10:6; 10:10

1 Samuel

7:4; 12:10

1 Kings

16:31; 16:32; 18:18; 18:19; 18:21; 18:22; 18:25; 18:26; 18:40; 19:18

2 Kings

3:2; 10:18; 10:19; 10:20; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 10:25; 10:26; 10:27; 10:28; 11:18; 17:16; 21:3; 23:4; 23:5

1 Chronicles

4:33; 5:5; 8:30; 9:36

2 Chronicles

17:3; 23:17; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3; 34:4

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:23; 2:23; 7:9; 7:9; 9:14; 11:13; 11:13; 11:13; 11:17; 11:17; 12:16; 19:5; 19:5; 23:13; 23:27; 32:29; 32:35

Hosea

2:8; 2:8; 2:13; 2:17; 11:2; 13:1; 13:1

Zephaniah

1:4

H1168

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Strong's Number H1168 matches the Hebrew בַּעַל (baʿal),
which occurs 80 times in 68 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Jdg 2:11–2Ch 34:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 - Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 and [fn]served H5647 the Baals, H1168
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - So they forsook H5800 the LORD H3068 and served H5647 Baal H1168 and the Ashtaroth. H6252
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 what H7451 was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and forgot H7911 the LORD H3068 their God H430 and served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the [fn]Asheroth. H842
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - Now on the same H1931 night H3915 the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Take H3947 your father’s H1 bull H6499 [fn]and a second H8145 bull H6499 seven H7651 years H8141 old, and pull H2040 down H2040 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 which H834 belongs to your father, H1 and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah H842 that is beside H5921 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - When the men H376 of the city H5892 arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning, H1242 behold, H2009 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 was torn H5422 down, H5422 and the Asherah H842 which H834 was beside H5921 it was cut H3772 down, H3772 and the second H8145 bull H6499 was offered H5927 on the altar H4196 which had been built. H1129
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to Joash, H3060 “Bring H3318 out your son, H1121 that he may die, H4191 for he has torn H5422 down H5422 the altar H4196 of Baal, H1168 and indeed, H3588 he has cut H3772 down H3772 the Asherah H842 which H834 was beside H5921 it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash H3060 said H559 to all H3605 who H834 stood H5975 against H5921 him, “Will you contend H7378 for Baal, H1168 or H518 will you deliver H3467 him? Whoever H834 will [fn]plead H7378 for him shall be put H4191 to death H4191 by morning. H1242 If H518 he is a god, H430 let him contend H7378 for himself, because H3588 someone has torn H5422 down H5422 his altar.” H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day H3117 he named H7121 him Jerubbaal, H3378 that is to say, H559 “Let Baal H1168 contend H7378 against him,” because H3588 he had torn H5422 down H5422 his altar. H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - Then it came H1961 about, as soon H834 as Gideon H1439 was dead, H4191 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H7725 played H2181 the harlot H2181 with the Baals, H1168 and made H7760 Baal-berith H1170 their god. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth, H6252 the gods H430 of Aram, H758 the gods H430 of Sidon, H6721 the gods H430 of Moab, H4124 the gods H430 of the sons H1121 of Ammon, H5983 and the gods H430 of the Philistines; H6430 thus they forsook H5800 the LORD H3068 and did not serve H5647 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 out to the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 “We have sinned H2398 against You, for indeed, we have forsaken H5800 our God H430 and served H5647 the Baals.” H1168
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 removed H5493 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth H6252 and served H5647 the LORD H3068 alone. H905
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “They cried H2199 out to the LORD H3068 and said, H559 ‘We have sinned H2398 because H3588 we have forsaken H5800 the LORD H3068 and have served H5647 the Baals H1168 and the Ashtaroth; H6252 but now H6258 deliver H5337 us from the hands H3027 of our enemies, H340 and we will serve H5647 You.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - It came H1961 about, as though it had been a trivial H7043 thing H7043 for him to walk H1980 in the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat, H5028 that he married H3947 H802 Jezebel H348 the daughter H1323 of Ethbaal H856 king H4428 of the Sidonians, H6722 and went H1980 to serve H5647 Baal H1168 and worshiped H7812 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - So he erected H6965 an altar H4196 for Baal H1168 in the house H1004 of Baal H1168 which H834 he built H1129 in Samaria. H8111
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - He said, H559 “I have not troubled H5916 Israel, H3478 but you and your father’s H1 house H1004 have, because you have forsaken H5800 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 and you have followed H1980 H310 the Baals. H1168
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - “Now H6258 then send H7971 and gather H6908 to me all H3605 Israel H3478 at Mount H2022 Carmel, H3760 together with 450 H702 H3967 H2572 prophets H5030 of Baal H1168 and 400 H702 H3967 prophets H5030 of the Asherah, H842 who eat H398 at Jezebel’s H348 table.” H7979
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Elijah H452 came H5066 near H5066 to all H3605 the people H5971 and said, H559 “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you [fn]hesitate H6452 between H5921 two H8147 opinions? H5587 If H518 the LORD H3068 is God, H430 follow H1980 H310 Him; but if H518 Baal, H1168 follow H1980 H310 him.” But the people H5971 did not answer H6030 him a word. H1697
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah H452 said H559 to the people, H5971 “I alone H905 am left H3498 a prophet H5030 of the LORD, H3068 but Baal’s H1168 prophets H5030 are 450 H702 H3967 H2572 men. H376
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - So Elijah H452 said H559 to the prophets H5030 of Baal, H1168 “Choose H977 one H259 ox H6499 for yourselves and prepare H6213 it first H7223 for you are many, H7227 and call H7121 on the name H8034 of your god, H430 but put H7760 no H3808 fire H784 under it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - Then they took H3947 the ox H6499 which H834 [fn]was given H5414 them and they prepared H6213 it and called H7121 on the name H8034 of Baal H1168 from morning H1242 until H5704 noon H6672 saying, H559 “O Baal, H1168 answer H6030 us.” But there H369 was no H369 voice H6963 and no H369 one H369 answered. H6030 And they [fn]leaped H6452 about H5921 the altar H4196 which H834 [fn]they made. H6213
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah H452 said H559 to them, “Seize H8610 the prophets H5030 of Baal; H1168 do not let one H376 of them escape.” H4422 So they seized H8610 them; and Elijah H452 brought H3381 them down H3381 to the brook H5158 Kishon, H7028 and slew H7819 them there. H8033
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I will leave H7604 7,000 H7651 H505 in Israel, H3478 all H3605 the knees H1290 that have not bowed H3766 to Baal H1168 and every H3605 mouth H6310 that has not kissed H5401 him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - So he served H5647 Baal H1168 and worshiped H7812 him and provoked H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger, H3707 according to all H3605 that his father H1 had done. H6213
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 though H7534 not like his father H1 and his mother; H517 for he put H5493 away H5493 the sacred pillar H4676 of Baal H1168 which H834 his father H1 had made. H6213
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu H3058 gathered H6908 all H3605 the people H5971 and said H559 to them, “Ahab H256 served H5647 Baal H1168 a little; H4592 Jehu H3058 will serve H5647 him much. H7235
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “Now, H6258 summon H7121 all H3605 the prophets H5030 of Baal, H1168 all H3605 his worshipers H5647 and all H3605 his priests; H3548 let no H408 one H376 be missing, H6485 for I have a great H1419 sacrifice H2077 for Baal; H1168 whoever H3605 H834 is missing H6485 shall not live.” H2421 But Jehu H3058 did H6213 it in [fn]cunning, H6122 so H4616 that he might destroy H6 the worshipers H5647 of Baal. H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Jehu H3058 said, H559 “Sanctify H6942 a solemn H6116 assembly H6116 for Baal.” H1168 And they proclaimed H7121 it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - Then Jehu H3058 sent H7971 [fn]throughout H3605 Israel H3478 and all H3605 the worshipers H5647 of Baal H1168 came, H935 so that there was not a man H376 left H7604 who H834 did not come. H935 And when they went H935 into the house H1004 of Baal, H1168 the house H1004 of Baal H1168 was filled H4390 from one H6310 end H6310 to the other. H6310
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - He said H559 to the one who H834 was [fn]in charge H5921 of the wardrobe, H4458 “Bring H3318 out garments H3830 for all H3605 the worshipers H5647 of Baal.” H1168 So he brought H3318 out garments H4403 for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Jehu H3058 went H935 into the house H1004 of Baal H1168 with Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab; H7394 and he said H559 to the worshipers H5647 of Baal, H1168 “Search H2664 and see H7200 that there H3426 is here H6311 with you none H6435 of the servants H5650 of the LORD, H3068 but only H905 the worshipers H5647 of Baal.” H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - Then it came H1961 about, as soon as he had finished H3615 offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering, H5930 that Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers, H7991 “Go H935 in, [fn]kill H5221 them; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out.” And they [fn]killed H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword; H2719 and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out, and went H1980 to the [fn]inner H5892 room H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal. H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - They brought H3318 out the sacred pillars H4676 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168 and burned H8313 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They also broke H5422 down H5422 the sacred pillar H4676 of Baal H1168 and broke H5422 down H5422 the house H1004 of Baal, H1168 and made H7760 it a latrine H4280 to this day. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - Thus Jehu H3058 eradicated H8045 Baal H1168 out of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - All H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 went H935 to the house H1004 of Baal, H1168 and tore H5422 it down; H5422 his altars H4196 and his images H6754 they broke H7665 in pieces H7665 thoroughly, H3190 and killed H2026 Mattan H4977 the priest H3548 of Baal H1168 before H6440 the altars. H4196 And the priest H3548 appointed H7760 [fn]officers H6486 over H5921 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They forsook H5800 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 and made H6213 for themselves molten H4541 images, H4541 even two H8147 calves, H5695 and made H6213 an [fn]Asherah H842 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 Baal. H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he rebuilt H7725 H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had destroyed; H6 and he erected H6965 altars H4196 for Baal H1168 and made H6213 an [fn]Asherah, H842 as Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 had done, H6213 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king H4428 commanded H6680 Hilkiah H2518 the high H1419 priest H3548 and the priests H3548 of the second H4932 order and the [fn]doorkeepers, H8104 H5592 to bring H3318 out of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the vessels H3627 that were made H6213 for Baal, H1168 for [fn]Asherah, H842 and for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven; H8064 and he burned H8313 them outside H4480 H2351 Jerusalem H3389 in the fields H7709 of the Kidron, H6939 and carried H5375 their ashes H6083 to Bethel. H1008
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - He did H7673 away H7673 with the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 whom H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had appointed H5414 to burn H6999 incense H6999 in the high H1116 places H1116 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 and in the surrounding H4524 area H4524 of Jerusalem, H3389 also those who burned H6999 incense H6999 to Baal, H1168 to the sun H8121 and to the moon H3394 and to the constellations H4208 and to all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven. H8064
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all H3605 their villages H2691 that were around H5439 the same H428 cities H5892 as far H5704 as [fn]Baal. H1168 These H2088 were their settlements, H4186 and they have their genealogy. H3187
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - Micah H4318 his son, H1121 Reaiah H7211 his son, H1121 Baal H1168 his son, H1121
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - and his firstborn H1060 son H1121 was Abdon, H5658 then Zur, H6698 Kish, H7027 Baal, H1168 Nadab, H5070
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - and his firstborn H1060 son H1121 was Abdon, H5658 then Zur, H6698 Kish, H7027 Baal, H1168 Ner, H5369 Nadab, H5070
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - The LORD H3068 was with Jehoshaphat H3092 because H3588 he [fn]followed H1980 the example H1870 of his father H1 David’s H1732 earlier H7223 days and did not seek H1875 the Baals, H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - And all H3605 the people H5971 went H935 to the house H1004 of Baal H1168 and tore H5422 it down, H5422 and they broke H7665 in pieces H7665 his altars H4196 and his images, H6754 and killed H2026 Mattan H4977 the priest H3548 of Baal H1168 before H6440 the altars. H4196
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - For the sons H1121 of the wicked H4849 Athaliah H6271 had broken H6555 into the house H1004 of God H430 and even H1571 [fn]used H6213 the holy H6944 things H6944 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 for the Baals. H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2 - But he walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel; H3478 he also H1571 made H6213 molten H4541 images H4541 for the Baals. H1168
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt H7725 H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had broken H5422 down; H5422 he also erected H6965 altars H4196 for the Baals H1168 and made H6213 [fn]Asherim, H842 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They tore H5422 down H5422 the altars H4196 of the Baals H1168 in his presence, H6440 and the incense H2553 altars H2553 that were high H4605 above H4605 them he chopped H1438 down; H1438 also the Asherim, H842 the carved H6456 images H6456 and the molten H4541 images H4541 he broke H7665 in pieces H7665 and ground H1854 to powder H1854 and scattered H2236 it on the graves H6913 of those who had sacrificed H2076 to them.

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