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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 BoxPro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
But the correction of fools is folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He who is slothful in his work
Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8 - He who plots to do evil
Will be called a schemer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband safely trusts her;
So he will have no lack of gain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:28 - Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11 - When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense,
But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit,
And no one has power in the day of death.
There is no release from that war,
And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - A serpent may bite when it is not charmed;
The babbler is no different.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 - The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars[fn] are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 - The ox knows its owner
And the donkey its master’s crib;
But Israel does not know,
My people do not consider.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish,
And the vine of Sibmah;
The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants,
Which have reached to Jazer
And wandered through the wilderness.
Her branches are stretched out,
They are gone over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 - “Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 - He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand together.
Who is My adversary?
Let him come near Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - And when he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - Then he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing beside the river, and ran at him with furious power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - “The ram which you saw, having the two horns—they are the kings of Media and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the husband of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 - God is jealous, and the LORD avenges;
The LORD avenges and is furious.
The LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;

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