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Lexicon :: Strong's H1172 - baʿălâ

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בַּעֲלָה
Transliteration
baʿălâ
Pronunciation
bah-al-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 262b

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בַּעֲלָה baʻălâh, bah-al-aw'; feminine of H1167; a mistress:—that hath, mistress.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1172 in the following manner: mistress (2x), hath (a familiar spirit) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1172 in the following manner: mistress (2x), hath (a familiar spirit) (2x).
  1. mistress, female owner

  2. sorceress, necromancer (noun of relationship)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּעֲלָה baʻălâh, bah-al-aw'; feminine of H1167; a mistress:—that hath, mistress.
STRONGS H1172: Abbreviations
† I. [בַּעֲלָה] noun feminine
1. mistress, בַּעֲלַת הַבַּיִת mistress of the house 1 Kings 17:17.
2. relative noun אוב ב׳ necromancer 1 Samuel 28:7 (twice in verse); כשׁפים ב׳ sorceress, Nahum 3:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

28:7

1 Kings

17:17

Nahum

3:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1172 matches the Hebrew בַּעֲלָה (baʿălâ),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:7 - Then Saul said to his servants, “Find for me a woman who is a medium [between the living and the dead], so that I may go to her and ask her advice.” His servants said to him, “There is a woman who is a medium at En-dor.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 -

It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 -

All because of the many acts of prostitution of [Nineveh] the prostitute,

The charming and well-favored one, the mistress of sorceries,

Who betrays nations by her acts of prostitution (idolatry)

And families by her sorceries.

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