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Lexicon :: Strong's H1078 - bēl

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בֵּל
Transliteration
bēl
Pronunciation
bale
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
By contraction for בַּעַל (H1168)
Strong’s Definitions

בֵּל Bêl, bale; by contraction for H1168; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians:—Bel.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H1078 in the following manner: Bel (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H1078 in the following manner: Bel (3x).
  1. Bel = "lord"

    1. a chief Babylonian deity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּל Bêl, bale; by contraction for H1168; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians:—Bel.
STRONGS H1078: Abbreviations
בֵּל proper name, masculine a chief Babylonian deity (Babylonian Bêlu = בַּעַל, lord; Bêl regarded as older form than בַּעַל by HptHebraica. i. 178; BAS i. 17) = Merodach (compare מרדך), tutelary god of Babylon (to be distinguished from older Bêlu, one of ancient Babylonian triad) Jeremiah 50:2 (|| מְרֹדַךְ) Jeremiah 51:44; Isaiah 46:1 (|| נְבֹו) — both writers of Babylonian period; — on Bel see COT Genesis 11:4; Judges 2:11; SayRel. Babylonian 103, 110 JenKosmologie 24, 134, 307, 391.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:4

Judges

2:11

Isaiah

46:1

Jeremiah

50:2; 51:44

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1078 matches the Hebrew בֵּל (bēl),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Tell the whole world,
and keep nothing back.
Raise a signal flag
to tell everyone that Babylon will fall!
Her images and idols[fn] will be shattered.
Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon,
and make him vomit up all he has eaten.
The nations will no longer come and worship him.
The wall of Babylon has fallen!
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