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Lexicon :: Strong's H1166 - bāʿal

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בָּעַל
Transliteration
bāʿal
Pronunciation
baw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 262

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בָּעַל bâʻal, baw-al'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry:—have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1166 in the following manner: marry (8x), husband (3x), dominion (2x), wife (1x), married wife (1x), Beulah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1166 in the following manner: marry (8x), husband (3x), dominion (2x), wife (1x), married wife (1x), Beulah (1x).

  1. to marry, rule over, possess, own

    1. (Qal)

      1. to marry, be lord (husband) over

      2. to rule over

    2. (Niphal) to be married

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּעַל bâʻal, baw-al'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry:—have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).
STRONGS H1166: Abbreviations
† בָּעַל verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic بَعَلَ = own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic በዐለ፡ to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COTGloss, Aramaic בְּעַל take possession of wife or concubine) **Jer 3:14; 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic بَعَلَ be disgusted, derive from II. בָּעַל loathe (followed by בְּ); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in Jeremiah 31:32 read גָּעַלְתִּי (treating Jeremiah 3:14 as I. בָּעַל).
—Qal Perfect Malachi 2:11 + 6 times; Imperfect יִבְעַל Isaiah 62:5 (twice in verse); Participle suffix בֹּעֲלַיִךְ Isaiah 54:5; passive feminine בְּעוּלָה Isaiah 54:1 + 3 times;—
1. marry Genesis 20:3 (E) Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:1; Isaiah 54:1, 5; Isaiah 62:4, 5 (twice in verse); Malachi 2:11; followed by בְּ Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32 be lord (husband) over.
2. rule over 1 Chronicles 4:22 (followed by לְ) Isaiah 26:13.
Niph. Imperfect תִּבָּעֵל Proverbs 30:23; Isaiah 62:4 be married.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:3

Deuteronomy

21:13; 22:22; 24:1

1 Chronicles

4:22

Proverbs

30:23

Isaiah

26:13; 54:1; 54:1; 54:5; 54:5; 62:4; 62:4; 62:5; 62:5

Jeremiah

3:14; 3:14; 3:14; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32

Malachi

2:11; 2:11

H1166

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Strong's Number H1166 matches the Hebrew בָּעַל (bāʿal),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Lo, thou art a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and hath dwelt in thy house, and bewailed her father and her mother a month of days, and afterwards thou dost go in unto her and hast married her, and she hath been to thee for a wife:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - 'When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - 'When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 - and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things are ancient.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 - O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more are the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:5 - For thy Maker is thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, 'God of all the earth,' He is called.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:4 - It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight is in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 - Turn back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought you to Zion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made void My covenant, And I ruled over them -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
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