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Lexicon :: Strong's H1166 - bāʿal

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בָּעַל
Transliteration
bāʿal
Pronunciation
baw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 262

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בעל.

Strong’s Definitions

בָּעַל bâʻal, baw-al'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry:—have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1166 in the following manner: marry (8x), husband (3x), dominion (2x), wife (1x), married wife (1x), Beulah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1166 in the following manner: marry (8x), husband (3x), dominion (2x), wife (1x), married wife (1x), Beulah (1x).

  1. to marry, rule over, possess, own

    1. (Qal)

      1. to marry, be lord (husband) over

      2. to rule over

    2. (Niphal) to be married

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּעַל bâʻal, baw-al'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry:—have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).
STRONGS H1166: Abbreviations
† בָּעַל verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic بَعَلَ = own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic በዐለ፡ to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COTGloss, Aramaic בְּעַל take possession of wife or concubine) **Jer 3:14; 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic بَعَلَ be disgusted, derive from II. בָּעַל loathe (followed by בְּ); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in Jeremiah 31:32 read גָּעַלְתִּי (treating Jeremiah 3:14 as I. בָּעַל).
—Qal Perfect Malachi 2:11 + 6 times; Imperfect יִבְעַל Isaiah 62:5 (twice in verse); Participle suffix בֹּעֲלַיִךְ Isaiah 54:5; passive feminine בְּעוּלָה Isaiah 54:1 + 3 times;—
1. marry Genesis 20:3 (E) Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:1; Isaiah 54:1, 5; Isaiah 62:4, 5 (twice in verse); Malachi 2:11; followed by בְּ Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32 be lord (husband) over.
2. rule over 1 Chronicles 4:22 (followed by לְ) Isaiah 26:13.
Niph. Imperfect תִּבָּעֵל Proverbs 30:23; Isaiah 62:4 be married.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:3

Deuteronomy

21:13; 22:22; 24:1

1 Chronicles

4:22

Proverbs

30:23

Isaiah

26:13; 54:1; 54:1; 54:5; 54:5; 62:4; 62:4; 62:5; 62:5

Jeremiah

3:14; 3:14; 3:14; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32

Malachi

2:11; 2:11

H1166

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Strong's Number H1166 matches the Hebrew בָּעַל (bāʿal),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and said, Behold, thou diest for the woman, whom thou hast taken, whereas she has lived with a husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - and shalt take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in thine house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterwards thou shalt go in to her and dwell with her, and she shall be thy wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - And if a man be found lying with a woman married to a man, ye shall kill them both, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou remove the wicked one out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favour before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a [fn]bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 - And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who dwelt in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 - O Lord our God, take possession of us: O Lord, we know not any other beside thee: we name thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - [fn] Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that dost not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:5 - For it is the Lord that made thee; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered thee, he is the God of Israel, and shall be called so by the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:4 - And thou shalt no more be called Forsaken; and thy land shall no more be called Desert: for thou shalt be called My Pleasure, and thy land Inhabited: for the Lord has taken pleasure in thee, and thy land shall be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - And as a young man lives with a virgin, so shall thy sons dwell in thee: and it shall come to pass that as a bridegroom will rejoice over a bride, so will the Lord rejoice over thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 - Turn, ye children that have revolted, saith the Lord; for I will rule over you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Sion:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - (LXX 38:32) not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, saith the Lord.

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