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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 2 (Pro 1:19–Nah 1:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 -

So are the paths of everyone who is greedy for gain;

It takes away the [fn]life of its possessors H1167.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 -

Do not withhold good from [fn]those H1167 to H1167 whom H1167 it is H1167 due H1167,

When it is in your hand to do it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 -

[fn]An excellent wife is the crown of her husband H1167,

But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 -

Insight is a fountain of life to one H1167 who H1167 has H1167 it,

But the discipline of ignorant fools is [fn]folly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 -

A bribe is a [fn]charm in the eyes of its owner H1167;

Wherever he turns, he prospers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 -

He also who is slack in his work

Is brother to him who destroys.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 -

Do not befriend a man H1167 of anger;

And do not come along with a man of great wrath,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:2 -

So you should put a knife to your throat

If you are a man H1167 of appetite.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8 -

One who deliberately thinks to do evil,

Men will call a [fn]schemer H1167.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 -

An angry man stirs up strife,

And a hot-tempered man H1167 abounds in transgression.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 -

Beth

The heart of her husband H1167 trusts in her,

And he will have no lack of gain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:23 -

Nun

Her husband H1167 is known in the gates,

When he sits with the elders of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:28 -

Qoph

Her children rise up and bless her;

As for her husband H1167, he also praises her, saying:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11 - When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the success to their masters H1167 except to look on with their eyes?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 -

There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being [fn]hoarded by their master H1167 to his own evil demise.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 -

For wisdom is a shadow of protection as money is a shadow of protection,

And the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its masters H1167.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - There is no man who has power to restrain the wind with the wind, and there is none who has power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and wickedness will not provide escape to its masters H1167.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent bites [fn]before being charmed, there is no advantage for the charmer H1167.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the sky will bring the sound and the winged creature will tell the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 -

The words of wise men are like goads, and masters H1167 of these collections are like [fn]well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 -

“An ox knows its owner,

And a donkey its master’s H1167 manger,

But Israel does not know;

My people do not perceive.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 -

For the fields of Heshbon have languished, the vines of Sibmah as well;

The lords H1167 of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters

Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;

Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 -

“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;

You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,

And will make the hills like chaff.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 -

He who [fn]vindicates Me is near;

Who will contend with Me?

Let us stand up to each other;

Who has H1167 a judgment H1167 against Me?

Let him approach Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - Now it happened that while he was at the Gate of Benjamin, the master H1167 of the guard whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are [fn]going over to the Chaldeans!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - Then it came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the [fn]canal, and ran at it in his strong wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - “The ram which you saw with the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 -

Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth

For the bridegroom H1167 of her youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 -

Aleph

A jealous and avenging God is [fn]Yahweh;

Yahweh is avenging and [fn]wrathful H1167.

Yahweh is avenging against His adversaries,

And He keeps His anger for His enemies.


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