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Lexicon :: Strong's G896 - baal

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Βάαλ
Transliteration
baal (Key)
Pronunciation
bah'-al
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin בַּעַל (H1168)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
71x in 2 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Βάαλ Báal, bah'-al; of Hebrew origin (H1168); Baal, a Phœnician deity (used as a symbol of idolatry):—Baal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G896 in the following manner: Baal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G896 in the following manner: Baal (1x).

  1. Baal = "lord"

    1. the supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations, as Ashtoreth was their supreme female divinity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Βάαλ Báal, bah'-al; of Hebrew origin (H1168); Baal, a Phœnician deity (used as a symbol of idolatry):—Baal.
STRONGS G896:
Βαάλ [so accented also by Pape (Eigenn. under the word), Kuenen and Cobet (Rom. as below); but L T (yet the name of the month, 1 Kings 6:5 (1 Kings 6:38), Βαάλ) Tr WH etc. Βάαλ; so Etym. Magn. 194, 19; Suidas 1746 a. etc. Dindorf in Stephanus' Thesaurus, under the word Βάαλ or Βαάλ], ὁ, ἡ, an indeclinable noun (Hebrew בַּעַל, Chaldean בּל contracted from בְּעֵל), lord: Romans 11:4. This was the name of the supreme heavenly divinity worshipped by the Shemitic nations (the Phœnicians, Canaanites, Babylonians, Assyrians), often also by the Israelites themselves, and represented by the Sun: τῇ Βαάλ, Romans 11:4. Cf. Winers RWB [and BB. DD.] under the word and J. G. Müller in Herzog i., p. 637ff; Merx in Schenkel i., 322ff; Schlottmann in Riehm, p. 126f. Since in this form the supreme power of nature generating all things, and consequently a male deity, was worshipped, with which the female deity Astarte was associated, it is hard to explain why the Sept. in some places say ὁ Βαάλ (Numbers 22:41; Judges 2:13; 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 19:18, etc.), in others ἡ Βαάλ (Hosea 2:8; 1 Samuel 7:4, etc. [yet see Dillmann, as below, p. 617]). Among the various conjectures on this subject the easiest is this: that the Sept. called the deity ἡ Βαάλ in derision, as weak and impotent, just as the Arabs call idols goddesses and the rabbis אֱלֹהות; so Gesenius in Rosenmüller's Repert. i., p. 139 and Tholuck on Romans, the passage cited; [yet cf. Dillmann, as below, p. 602; for other opinions and references see Meyer at the passage; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 6 N. 1. But Prof. Dillmann shows (in the Monatsbericht d. Akad. zu Berlin, 16 Juni 1881, p. 601ff), that the Jews (just as they abstained from pronouncing the word Jehovah) avoided uttering the abhorred name of Baal (Exodus 23:13). As a substitute in Aramaic they read טעות, דחלא or פתכרא, and in Greek αἰσχύνη (cf. 1 Kings 18:19, 25). This substitute in Greek was suggested by the use of the feminine article. Hence, we find in the Sept., ἡ Β. everywhere in the prophetic books Jeremiah, Zephaniah, Hosea, etc., while in the Pentateuch it does not prevail, nor even in Judges, Samuel, Kings (except 1 Samuel 7:4; 2 Kings 21:3). It disappears, too (when the worship of Baal had died out) in the later versions of Aq., Symm., etc. The apostle's use in Romans, the passage cited accords with the sacred custom; cf. the substitution of the Hebrew בֹּשֶׁת in Ish-bosheth, Mephi-bosheth, etc. 2 Samuel 2:8, 10; 2 Samuel 4:4 with 1 Chronicles 8:33, 34, also 2 Samuel 11:21 with Judges 6:32; etc.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
23:13
Numbers
22:41
Judges
2:13; 6:32
1 Samuel
7:4; 7:4
2 Samuel
2:8; 2:10; 4:4; 11:21
1 Kings
6:5; 6:38; 16:31; 18:19; 18:25; 19:18
2 Kings
21:3
1 Chronicles
8:33; 8:34
Hosea
2:8
Romans
11:4; 11:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G896 matches the Greek Βάαλ (baal),
which occurs 71 times in 60 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:41–Jer 11:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - And it was morning; and Balac took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and shewed him thence a part of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - And the border going forth from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Naphtho, and terminates at mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baal; this is the city of Jarim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - And the border will go round from Baal to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Assar behind the city of Jarin northwards; this is Chaslon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - And they provoked the Lord, and forsook him, and served Baal and the Astartes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - And it came to pass in that night, that the Lord said to him, Take the young bullock which thy father has, even the second bullock of seven years old, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal which thy father has, and the grove which is by it thou shalt destroy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - And the men of the city rose up early in the morning; and behold, the altar of Baal had been demolished, and the grove by it had been destroyed; and they saw the second bullock, which Gedeon offered on the altar that had been built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - And the men of the city said to Joas, Bring out thy son, and let him die, because he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and because he has destroyed the grove that is by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - And Gedeon the son of Joas said to all the men who rose up against him, Do ye now plead for Baal, or will ye save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, because one has thrown down his altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - And he called it in that day Jerobaal, saying, Let Baal plead thereby, because his altar has been thrown down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the [fn]gathering of Bæthel-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month [fn]of the reign of king Solomon over Israel,[fn] (LXX 6:1a) that the king commanded that they should take great and costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. (6:1b) And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation. (6:1c) In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. (6:1d) In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this is the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, but he took to wife Jezabel the daughter of Jethebaal king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - And he set up an altar to Baal in the house of his [fn]abominations, which he built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both [fn]feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the [fn]only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - And they took the calf and drest it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, Hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the altar which they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - And thou shalt leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed [fn]themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshipped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - And an angel of the Lord called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? but it shall not be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou goest to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his father, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - Now then do all ye the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all Baal's servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets come, let none be lacking: for I am [fn]going to offer a great sacrifice; whosoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled [fn]from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - And he said to the man who was over the house of the [fn]wardrobe, Bring forth a robe for all the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is among you any of the servants of the Lord, or only the servants of Baal, by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole-burnt-offering, that Ju said to the footmen and the officers, Go ye in and slay them; let not a man of them escape. So they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers cast the bodies forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made [fn]his house a draught-house until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest [fn]appointed overseers [fn]over the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves [fn]graven images, even two heifers, and they made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - And he [fn]built again the high places, which Ezekias his father had demolished; and [fn]set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Achaab king of Israel made them; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the [fn]fields of Kedron, and [fn]took the ashes of them to Bæthel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he burned the [fn]idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda had [fn]appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to [fn]Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - And all their villages were round about these cities, as far as Baal: this was their possession, and their distribution.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - His son was Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - And her first-born son was Abdon, and Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Nadab, and Ner,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - And his first-born son was Abdon, and he had Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - For Gotholia was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - How wilt thou say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold thy ways in the burial-ground, and know what thou hast done: her voice has howled in the evening:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28 - And where are thy gods, which thou madest for thyself? will they arise and save in the time of thine affliction? for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to burn incense to Baal.

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