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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 29 times in 20 verses in '2Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which was in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will live from this sickness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of [fn]Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 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 who sent you and say to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore [fn]you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then he spoke to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore [fn]you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, though not like his father and his mother; and he took away the sacred pillar of Baal which his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 -

Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “So now, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his slaves and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it in [fn]cunning, so that he might cause the slaves of Baal to perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - And Jehu said, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.” And they summoned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - Then Jehu sent [fn]throughout Israel, and all the slaves of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. So they came into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - Then he said to the one who was [fn]in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the slaves of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - And Jehu came into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab; and he said to the slaves of Baal, “Search and see lest there be here with you any of the slaves of Yahweh, but only the slaves of Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 -

Now it happened that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the [fn]guard and to the royal officers, “Come in, strike them down; let none come out.” And they struck them down with the edge of the sword; and the [fn]guard and the royal officers threw them out and went to the [fn]inner room of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - And they brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal and made it a latrine to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 -

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land came to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed [fn]overseers over the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an [fn]Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - Indeed, he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an [fn]Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the [fn]doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, for [fn]Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed and who burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of heaven.
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