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Lexicon :: Strong's H1078 - bēl

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בֵּל
Transliteration
bēl
Pronunciation
bale
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
By contraction for בַּעַל (H1168)
Strong’s Definitions

בֵּל Bêl, bale; by contraction for H1168; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians:—Bel.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H1078 in the following manner: Bel (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H1078 in the following manner: Bel (3x).
  1. Bel = "lord"

    1. a chief Babylonian deity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּל Bêl, bale; by contraction for H1168; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians:—Bel.
STRONGS H1078: Abbreviations
בֵּל proper name, masculine a chief Babylonian deity (Babylonian Bêlu = בַּעַל, lord; Bêl regarded as older form than בַּעַל by HptHebraica. i. 178; BAS i. 17) = Merodach (compare מרדך), tutelary god of Babylon (to be distinguished from older Bêlu, one of ancient Babylonian triad) Jeremiah 50:2 (|| מְרֹדַךְ) Jeremiah 51:44; Isaiah 46:1 (|| נְבֹו) — both writers of Babylonian period; — on Bel see COT Genesis 11:4; Judges 2:11; SayRel. Babylonian 103, 110 JenKosmologie 24, 134, 307, 391.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:4

Judges

2:11

Isaiah

46:1

Jeremiah

50:2; 51:44

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1078 matches the Hebrew בֵּל (bēl),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel H1078 has bowed H3766 down, H3766 Nebo H5015 stoops H7164 over; H7164
Their images H6091 are consigned to the beasts H2416 and the cattle. H929
The things H5385 [fn]that you carry H5385 are burdensome, H6006
A load H4853 for the weary H5889 beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - “Declare H5046 and proclaim H8085 among the nations. H1471
Proclaim H8085 it and lift H5375 up a standard. H5251
Do not conceal H3582 it but say, H559
‘Babylon H894 has been captured, H3920
Bel H1078 has been H954 put H954 to shame, H954 [fn]Marduk H4781 has been H2865 [fn]shattered; H2865
Her images H6091 have been H954 put H954 to shame, H954 her idols H1544 have been H2865 shattered.’ H2865
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - “I will punish H6485 Bel H1078 in Babylon, H894
And I will make what H1105 he has swallowed H1105 come H3318 out of his mouth; H6310
And the nations H1471 will no H3808 longer H5750 stream H5102 to him.
Even H1571 the wall H2346 of Babylon H894 has fallen H5307 down! H5307
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