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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
72x 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 72 times in 61 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:41–Jer 7:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to [fn]the high places of Baal, and he saw from there [fn]a portion of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - The border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - So they forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - Now on the same night the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s bull [fn]and a second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the [fn]Asherah that is beside it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah which was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar which had been built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal, and indeed, he has cut down the Asherah which was beside it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal, or will you deliver him? Whoever will [fn]plead for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he had torn down his altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, and they followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the [fn]temple of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he [fn]began to build the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you [fn]hesitate between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - Then they took the ox which [fn]was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they [fn]leaped about the altar which [fn]they made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - “Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

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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 recover from this sickness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD 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 - 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 the LORD, ‘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 said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘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 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for he put 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 - “Now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers 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 destroy the worshipers of Baal.

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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 proclaimed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - Then Jehu sent [fn]throughout Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And when they went into the house of Baal, 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 - He said to the one who was [fn]in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab; and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that there is here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - Then it came about, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the [fn]guard and to the royal officers, “Go in, [fn]kill them; let none come out.” And they [fn]killed them 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 - 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 eradicated Baal out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They forsook all the commandments of the LORD 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 - For 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 the LORD 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 - He did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - and all their villages that were around the same cities as far as [fn]Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - For the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God and even [fn]used the holy things of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - “The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
And those who handle the law did not know Me;
The [fn]rulers also transgressed against Me,
And the prophets prophesied by Baal
And walked after things that did not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley!
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28 - “But where are your gods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can save you
In the time of your [fn]trouble;
For according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - “Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and [fn]offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

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