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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 - And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith to him, 'Take the young ox which is to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and thou hast thrown down the altar of Baal which is to thy father, and the shrine which is by it thou dost cut down,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - And the men of the city say unto Joash, 'Bring out thy son, and he dieth, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine which is by it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, 'Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye -- do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he is a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, 'The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - And it cometh to pass, when Gideon is dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the Bene-Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake Jehovah, and have not served Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, saying, 'We have sinned against Thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and serve the Baalim.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it cometh to pass -- hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? -- then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he saith, 'I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, 'Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah is God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - And Elijah saith unto the people, 'I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, 'Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye are the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - And they take the bullock that one gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, 'O Baal, answer us!' and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Elijah saith to them, 'Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;' and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking -- he doth not live;' and Jehu hath done it in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Jehu saith, 'Sanctify a restraint for Baal;' and they proclaim it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - And Jehu sendeth into all Israel, and all the servants of Baal come in, and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in; and they come in to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal is full -- mouth to mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - And he saith to him who is over the wardrobe, 'Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal;' and he bringeth out to them the clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, 'Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah -- but, the servants of Baal by themselves.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu saith to the runners, and to the captains, 'Go in, smite them, let none come out;' and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast them out; and they go unto the city, to the house of Baal,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land go in to the house of Baal, and break it down, its altars and its images they have thoroughly broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars; and the priest setteth inspectors over the house of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all their villages that are round about these cities unto Baal; these are their dwellings, and they have 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 son, the first-born, is Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - and his son, the first-born, is Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - for sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, all the holy things of the house of Jehovah they have prepared for Baalim.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2 - and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that are on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,

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