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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

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 - And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord and became servants to the Baals;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - And they gave up the Lord, and became the servants of Baal and the Astartes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - And the men of the town got up early in the morning, and they saw the altar of Baal broken down, and the holy tree which was by it cut down, and the ox offered on the altar which had been put up there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the town said to Joash, Make your son come out to be put to death, for pulling down the altar of Baal and cutting down the holy tree which was by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of the pulling down of his altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the Lord and were servants to him no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - Now send, and get Israel together before me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who get their food at Jezebel's table.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Take one ox for yourselves and get it ready first, for there are more of you; and make your prayers to your god, but put no fire under.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - He was a servant and worshipper of Baal, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath, as his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down: its altars and images were all broken to bits, and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars. And the priest put overseers over the Lord's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the dust of them to Beth-el.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - And his oldest son Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - And Abdon his oldest son, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - For the house of the Lord had been broken up by Athaliah, that evil woman, and her sons; and all its holy things they had given to the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2 - But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over the resting-places of the dead who had made offerings to them.

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