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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.
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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 BoxDeu 21:13 - and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, it shall be if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:22 - and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 - Jehovah our God, other lords than thee have had dominion over us; by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:4 - Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 - Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

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