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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;
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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - How H349 canst thou say, H559 I am H2930➔ not H3808 polluted, ➔H2930 I have H1980➔ not H3808 gone ➔H1980 after H310 Baalim? H1168 see H7200 thy way H1870 in the valley, H1516 know H3045 what H4100 thou hast done: H6213 thou art a H1072➔ swift H7031 dromedary ➔H1072 traversing H8308 her ways; H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will ye steal, H1589 murder, H7523 and commit adultery, H5003 and swear H7650 falsely, H8267 and burn incense H6999 unto Baal, H1168 and walk H1980 after H310 other H312 gods H430 whom H834 ye know H3045 not; H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - But have walked H3212 after H310 the imagination H8307 of their own heart, H3820 and after H310 Baalim, H1168 which H834 their fathers H1 taught them: H3925

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - For H3588 according to the number H4557 of thy cities H5892 were H1961 thy gods, H430 O Judah; H3063 and H4557➔ according to the number ➔H4557 of the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 have ye set up H7760 altars H4196 to that shameful thing, H1322 even altars H4196 to burn incense H6999 unto Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - For the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 that planted H5193 thee, H853 hath pronounced H1696 evil H7451 against thee, H5921 for H1558 the evil H7451 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and of the house H1004 of Judah, H3063 which H834 they have done H6213 against themselves to provoke me to anger H3707 in offering incense H6999 unto Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 if H518 they will H3925➔ diligently H3925 learn ➔H3925 the ways H1870 of my people, H5971 to swear H7650 by my name, H8034 The LORD H3068 liveth; H2416 as H834 they taught H3925 my people H5971 to swear H7650 by Baal; H1168 then shall they be built H1129 in the midst H8432 of my people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - They have built also H1129 the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 with fire H784 for burnt offerings H5930 unto Baal, H1168 which H834 I commanded H6680 not, H3808 nor H3808 spake H1696 it, neither H3808 came H5927 it into H5921 my mind: H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - And H5030➔ I have seen H7200 folly H8604 in the prophets ➔H5030 of Samaria; H8111 they prophesied H5012 in Baal, H1168 and caused H8582➔ my people H5971 Israel H3478 to err. ➔H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - Which think H2803 to cause H7911➔ my people H5971 to forget ➔H7911 my name H8034 by their dreams H2472 which H834 they tell H5608 every man H376 to his neighbour, H7453 as H834 their fathers H1 have forgotten H7911 my name H8034 for Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - And H935➔ the Chaldeans, H3778 that fight H3898 against H5921 this H2063 city, H5892 shall come ➔H935 and set H3341 fire on H784 this H2063 city, H5892 and burn it H8313 with H853 the houses, H1004 upon H5921 whose H834 roofs H1406 they have offered incense H6999 unto Baal, H1168 and poured out H5258 drink offerings H5262 unto H430➔ other H312 gods, ➔H430 to H4616 provoke me to anger. H3707

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - And they built H1129 the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 which H834 are in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to cause H5674➔ their sons H1121 and H853 their daughters H1323 to pass through ➔H5674 the fire unto Molech; H4432 which H834 I commanded them H6680 not, H3808 neither H3808 came it H5927 into H5921 my mind, H3820 that they should do H6213 this H2063 abomination, H8441 to H4616 cause H2398➔ Judah H3063 to sin. ➔H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - And I will visit H6485 upon her H5921 the days H3117 of Baalim, H1168 wherein H834 she burned incense H6999 to them, and she decked herself H5710 with her earrings H5141 and her jewels, H2484 and she went H3212 after H310 her lovers, H157 and H853➔ forgat H7911 me, ➔H853 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:17 - For I will take away H5493 the names H8034 of Baalim H1168 out of her mouth, H6310 and H3808➔ they shall H2142➔ no ➔H3808 more H5750 be remembered ➔H2142 by their name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:2 - As they called H7121 them, so H3651 they went H1980 from them: H6440 they sacrificed H2076 unto Baalim, H1168 and burned incense H6999 to graven images. H6456

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When H1696➔ Ephraim H669 spake ➔H1696 trembling, H7578 he exalted H5375 himself H1931 in Israel; H3478 but when he offended H816 in Baal, H1168 he died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - I will also stretch out H5186 mine hand H3027 upon H5921 Judah, H3063 and upon H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem; H3389 and I will cut off H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from H4480 this H2088 place, H4725 and the name H8034 of the Chemarims H3649 with H5973 the priests; H3548

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