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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)
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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

H1167

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors. H1167

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Do not withhold good from [fn]those to whom it is due, H1167
When it is in your power to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - An [fn]excellent wife is the crown of her husband, H1167
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding is a fountain of life to one who H1167 has H1167 it,
But the discipline of fools is folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A bribe is a [fn]charm in the sight of its owner; H1167
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Do not associate with a man H1167 given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:2 - And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man H1167 of great appetite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8 - One who plans to do evil,
Men will call a [fn]schemer. H1167

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 - An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man H1167 abounds in transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband H1167 trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:23 - Her husband H1167 is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:28 - Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband H1167 also, and he praises her, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11 - When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners H1167 except to [fn]look on?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being [fn]hoarded by their owner H1167 to his hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is [fn]protection just as money is [fn]protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors. H1167

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver [fn]those who H1167 practice H1167 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent bites [fn]before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. H1167

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

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 heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:11

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:3

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 understand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon have [fn]withered, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:15

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 - He who vindicates Me is near;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand up to each other;
Who has a case H1167 against Me?
Let him draw near to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain H1167 of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are [fn]going over to the Chaldeans!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the [fn]canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the bridegroom H1167 of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 - A jealous and avenging God is the LORD;
The LORD is avenging and [fn]wrathful. H1167
The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

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