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Lexicon :: Strong's H1167 - baʿal

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בַּעַל
Transliteration
baʿal
Pronunciation
bah'-al
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 262a

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בַּעַל baʻal, bah'-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):— archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H1167 in the following manner: man (25x), owner (14x), husband (11x), have (7x), master (5x), man given (2x), adversary (1x), archers (1x), babbler (with H3956) (1x), bird (with H3671) (1x), captain (1x), confederate (with H1285) (1x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H1167 in the following manner: man (25x), owner (14x), husband (11x), have (7x), master (5x), man given (2x), adversary (1x), archers (1x), babbler (with H3956) (1x), bird (with H3671) (1x), captain (1x), confederate (with H1285) (1x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. owner, husband, lord

    1. owner

    2. a husband

    3. citizens, inhabitants

    4. rulers, lords

    5. (noun of relationship used to characterise - ie, master of dreams)

    6. lord (used of foreign gods)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּעַל baʻal, bah'-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):— archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.
STRONGS H1167: Abbreviations
† I. בַּעַל 166 noun masculine owner, lord (Phoenician בעל; Palmyrene id. husband Vog62 compare BaeRel 72 ff.; Assyrian bêlul.c. DlGram. Glossary; Arabic بعْلٌ husband etc., see especially NöZMG 1886, 174, Sabean בעל CISiv. 1, 2) — Genesis 20:3 + 92 times; suffix בַּעְלִּי [H1180 Hosea 2:18 [Hosea 2:16]]; בַּעְלָּהּ Deuteronomy 24:4 + 5 times; plural בְּעָלִים [H1168 Judges 2:11] + 17 times; construct בַּעֲלֵי Genesis 14:13 + 27 times; suffix בְּעָלָיו Exodus 21:29 + 14 times; בְּעָלֶיהָ Job 31:39 + 2 times; בַּעְלֵּיהֶן Esther 1:17, 20; —
I.
1. owner (often plural with suffix in singular meaning): of ox Exodus 21:28, 29 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:10 [Exodus 22:11]; Exodus 22:11 [Exodus 22:12]; Exodus 22:13 [Exodus 22:14]; Exodus 22:14 [Exodus 22:15] (E); הבור ב׳ of pit Exodus 21:34, 36 (E), of house Exodus 22:7 [Exodus 22:8] (E) Judges 19:22, 23, debt Deuteronomy 15:2, the land Job 31:39, the ass Isaiah 1:3, goods Ecclesiastes 5:10 [Ecclesiastes 5:11], riches Ecclesiastes 5:12 [Ecclesiastes 5:13]; טוב ב׳ one to whom good is due Proverbs 3:27, gain Proverbs 1:19; שׂכל ב׳ one having understanding Proverbs 16:22; השׁחד ב׳ receiver of the gift Proverbs 17:8.
2. husband Genesis 20:3; Exodus 21:3, 22 (E) Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:4; 2 Samuel 11:26; Joel 1:8; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:11, 23, 28; Esther 1:17, 20; בַּעְלִּי [H1180 Hosea 2:18 [Hosea 2:16]] (my Baal, reference to the divine name used in the northern kingdom, here for the first time forbidden).
3. citizens, inhabitants: בַּעֲלֵי of Jericho Joshua 24:11 (E), of the high places of Arnon [H1181 Numbers 21:28] (E), of Shechem Judges 9:2 + 12 times, of the tower of Shechem Judges 9:46, 47, of the city Judges 9:51, of Gibeah Judges 20:5, of Keilah 1 Samuel 23:11, 12, of Jabesh 2 Samuel 21:12.
4. rulers, lords: בַּעֲלֵי גוֺיִם Isaiah 16:8.
5. n. of relation:
a. החלמות ׃בַּעַל ב׳ dreamer Genesis 37:19 (E); ב׳ דברים whosoever hath cases, complaints Exodus 24:14 (E); שׂער ב׳ an hairy man 2 Kings 1:8; חמה ב׳ wrathful Nahum 1:2; Proverbs 29:22; אף ב׳ one given to anger Proverbs 22:24; החכמה ב׳ one having wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12; משׁחית ב׳ destroyer Proverbs 18:9; כנף ב׳ winged thing, bird Proverbs 1:17; Ecclesiastes 10:20; נפשׁ ב׳ one given to appetite Proverbs 23:2; מזמות ב׳ mischievous person Proverbs 24:8; הלשׁון ב׳ charmer Ecclesiastes 10:11; רשׁע ב׳ one given to wickedness Ecclesiastes 8:8; פיפיות ב׳ double-edged Isaiah 41:15; משׁפט ב׳ adversary Isaiah 50:8; ב׳ פקדת captain of the ward Jeremiah 37:13; הקרנים ב׳ two-horned Daniel 8:6, 20.
b. בְּדִית ׃בַּעֲלֵי בּ׳ confederates Genesis 14:13; חצים ב׳ archers Genesis 49:23 (poetry); הפרשׁים ב׳ horsemen 2 Samuel 1:6; שׁבועה ב׳ conspirators Nehemiah 6:18; אספות ב׳ members of assemblies; or well-grouped sayings; or collectors (of wise sentences) Ecclesiastes 12:11. — On [H1173 2 Samuel 6:2] see II. בַּעֲלָה. (בַּעַל in Hexateuch not J or P; בעל Leviticus 21:4 Greek Version of the LXX ἐζάπινα = כבלּע [H1104 Numbers 4:20]: Di בְּאֵבֶל).

See bottom portion of this BDB entry H1168.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1169.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:13; 14:13; 20:3; 20:3; 37:19; 49:23

Exodus

21:3; 21:22; 21:28; 21:29; 21:29; 21:34; 21:36; 22:8; 22:11; 22:12; 22:14; 22:15; 24:14

Leviticus

21:4

Deuteronomy

15:2; 22:22; 24:4; 24:4

Joshua

24:11

Judges

9:2; 9:46; 9:47; 9:51; 19:22; 19:23; 20:5

1 Samuel

23:11; 23:12

2 Samuel

1:6; 11:26; 21:12

2 Kings

1:8

Nehemiah

6:18

Esther

1:17; 1:17; 1:20; 1:20

Job

31:39; 31:39

Proverbs

1:17; 1:19; 3:27; 12:4; 16:22; 17:8; 18:9; 22:24; 23:2; 24:8; 29:22; 31:11; 31:23; 31:28

Ecclesiastes

5:11; 5:13; 7:12; 8:8; 10:11; 10:20; 12:11

Isaiah

1:3; 16:8; 41:15; 50:8

Jeremiah

37:13

Daniel

8:6; 8:20

Joel

1:8

Nahum

1:2

H1167

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Strong's Number H1167 matches the Hebrew בַּעַל (baʿal),
which occurs 83 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:13–Pro 1:17)

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Then [fn]a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was dwelling by the [fn]oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were [fn]in a covenant H1167 with Abram.

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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 H1167.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:19 - Then they said to one another, “[fn]Here comes this dreamer H1167!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 -

“And the archers H1167 bitterly attacked him and shot at him,

And they bore a grudge against him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:3 - “If he comes [fn]alone, he shall go out [fn]alone; if he is the husband H1167 of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

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“And if men struggle with each other and [fn]strike a woman with child so that [fn]she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband H1167 [fn]will set for him, and he shall pay [fn]as the judges decide.

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“And if an ox gores a man or a woman [fn]to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner H1167 of the ox shall go unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - “If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner H1167 has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it puts a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned and its owner H1167 also shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - the owner H1167 of the pit shall make restitution; he shall [fn]give money to its owner H1167, and the dead animal shall become his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - “Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner H1167 has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - “If the thief is not [fn]caught, then the owner H1167 of the house shall [fn]appear before [fn]the judges to determine whether he [fn]laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - then an oath before Yahweh shall be made by the two of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid hands on his neighbor’s property; and its owner H1167 shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - “But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner H1167.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 -

“If a man [fn]borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner H1167 is not with it, he shall make full restitution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - “But if its owner H1167 is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - But to the elders he said, “Remain here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever [fn]has a legal matter, let him approach them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4 - ‘He shall not defile himself as a [fn]relative H1167 by H1167 marriage H1167 among his people, and so profane himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -

“For a fire went forth from Heshbon,

A flame from the town of Sihon;

It devoured Ar of Moab,

The [fn]dominant H1167 [fn]heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - “And this is the manner of remission: every creditor H1167 shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother because the remission from Yahweh has been proclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 -

“If a man is found lying with a married H1167 woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - then her former husband H1167 who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Yahweh, and you shall not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - ‘And you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens H1167 of Jericho fought against you, and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus I gave them into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the lords H1167 of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother’s [fn]relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the lords H1167 of Shechem; and [fn]they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our [fn]relative.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - Then all the lords H1167 of Shechem and all [fn]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the [fn]oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 -

Then they told Jotham, so he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, “Listen to me, O lords H1167 of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the lords H1167 of Shechem, because he is your [fn]relative—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - “But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the lords H1167 of Shechem and [fn]Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the lords H1167 of Shechem and from [fn]Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords H1167 of Shechem; and the lords H1167 of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence [fn]done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords H1167 of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the lords H1167 of Shechem set [fn]men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 -

Then Gaal the son of Ebed came with his [fn]relatives, and they crossed over into Shechem; and the lords H1167 of Shechem put their trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal went out before the lords H1167 of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 -

Then all the lords H1167 of the tower of Shechem heard of it, and they entered the inner chamber of the [fn]temple of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was told to Abimelech that all the lords H1167 of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the lords H1167 of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:22

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They were making their hearts merry, and behold, the men of the city, certain [fn]vile fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner H1167 of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may [fn]know him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - Then the man, the owner H1167 of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brothers, please do not do evil. Since this man has come into my house, do not commit this disgraceful act.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - “Then the men H1167 of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me; instead, they violated my concubine, and she died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - “Will the men H1167 of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I pray, tell Your slave.” And Yahweh said, “He will come down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:12 - Then David said, “Will the men H1167 of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And Yahweh said, “They will surrender you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.

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Then the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband had died, so she lamented over her husband H1167.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men H1167 of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - And they said to him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle girded about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah were sworn H1167 by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the word about the queen will get out to all the women causing them to despise their husbands H1167 in their eyes by saying, ‘King Ahasuerus said for Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “And the king’s sentence, which he will make, will be heard throughout all his kingdom, for it is [fn]vast, and all women will give respect to their husbands H1167, great and small.”

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If I have eaten its [fn]fruit without money,

Or have caused [fn]its owners H1167 to lose their lives,

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For it is [fn]no use that a net is spread

In the sight of any [fn]bird H1167;


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