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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, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 - And all for the countless whorings of the prostitute,
graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.
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