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Lexicon :: Strong's H1168 - baʿal

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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;
b. a Gibeonite 1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:36.

See top portion of this BDB entry H1167.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1169.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 - Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - They forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - Now it came to pass the same night that the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image[fn] that is beside it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, there was the altar of Baal, torn down; and the wooden image that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was being offered on the altar which had been built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the wooden image that was beside it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Would you plead for Baal? Would you save him? Let the one who would plead for him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead for himself, because his altar has been torn down!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal,[fn] saying, “Let Baal plead against him, because he has torn down his altar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - So it was, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-Berith their god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths,[fn] and served the LORD only.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “Then they cried out to the LORD, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths;[fn] but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - Then he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - “Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah,[fn] who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - for he served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “Now therefore, call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu acted deceptively, with the intent of destroying the worshipers of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Jehu said, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they proclaimed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel; and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. So they came into the temple[fn] of Baal, and the temple of Baal was full from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - And he said to the one in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out vestments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out vestments for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Then Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab went into the temple of Baal, and said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that no servants of the LORD are here with you, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - Now it happened, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, “Go in and kill them; let no one come out!” And they killed them with the edge of the sword; then the guards and the officers threw them out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - And they brought the sacred pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - So they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image,[fn] as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven[fn] and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the articles that were made for Baal, for Asherah,[fn] and for all the host of heaven;[fn] and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal.[fn] These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - And his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - And all the people went to the temple[fn] of Baal, and tore it down. They broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also presented all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD to the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2 - For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molded images for the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven[fn] and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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