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Lexicon :: Strong's H1167 - baʿal

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בַּעַל
Transliteration
baʿal
Pronunciation
bah'-al
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 262a

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בַּעַל baʻal, bah'-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):— archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H1167 in the following manner: man (25x), owner (14x), husband (11x), have (7x), master (5x), man given (2x), adversary (1x), archers (1x), babbler (with H3956) (1x), bird (with H3671) (1x), captain (1x), confederate (with H1285) (1x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H1167 in the following manner: man (25x), owner (14x), husband (11x), have (7x), master (5x), man given (2x), adversary (1x), archers (1x), babbler (with H3956) (1x), bird (with H3671) (1x), captain (1x), confederate (with H1285) (1x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. owner, husband, lord

    1. owner

    2. a husband

    3. citizens, inhabitants

    4. rulers, lords

    5. (noun of relationship used to characterise - ie, master of dreams)

    6. lord (used of foreign gods)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּעַל baʻal, bah'-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):— archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.
STRONGS H1167: Abbreviations
† I. בַּעַל 166 noun masculine owner, lord (Phoenician בעל; Palmyrene id. husband Vog62 compare BaeRel 72 ff.; Assyrian bêlul.c. DlGram. Glossary; Arabic بعْلٌ husband etc., see especially NöZMG 1886, 174, Sabean בעל CISiv. 1, 2) — Genesis 20:3 + 92 times; suffix בַּעְלִּי [H1180 Hosea 2:18 [Hosea 2:16]]; בַּעְלָּהּ Deuteronomy 24:4 + 5 times; plural בְּעָלִים [H1168 Judges 2:11] + 17 times; construct בַּעֲלֵי Genesis 14:13 + 27 times; suffix בְּעָלָיו Exodus 21:29 + 14 times; בְּעָלֶיהָ Job 31:39 + 2 times; בַּעְלֵּיהֶן Esther 1:17, 20; —
I.
1. owner (often plural with suffix in singular meaning): of ox Exodus 21:28, 29 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:10 [Exodus 22:11]; Exodus 22:11 [Exodus 22:12]; Exodus 22:13 [Exodus 22:14]; Exodus 22:14 [Exodus 22:15] (E); הבור ב׳ of pit Exodus 21:34, 36 (E), of house Exodus 22:7 [Exodus 22:8] (E) Judges 19:22, 23, debt Deuteronomy 15:2, the land Job 31:39, the ass Isaiah 1:3, goods Ecclesiastes 5:10 [Ecclesiastes 5:11], riches Ecclesiastes 5:12 [Ecclesiastes 5:13]; טוב ב׳ one to whom good is due Proverbs 3:27, gain Proverbs 1:19; שׂכל ב׳ one having understanding Proverbs 16:22; השׁחד ב׳ receiver of the gift Proverbs 17:8.
2. husband Genesis 20:3; Exodus 21:3, 22 (E) Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:4; 2 Samuel 11:26; Joel 1:8; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:11, 23, 28; Esther 1:17, 20; בַּעְלִּי [H1180 Hosea 2:18 [Hosea 2:16]] (my Baal, reference to the divine name used in the northern kingdom, here for the first time forbidden).
3. citizens, inhabitants: בַּעֲלֵי of Jericho Joshua 24:11 (E), of the high places of Arnon [H1181 Numbers 21:28] (E), of Shechem Judges 9:2 + 12 times, of the tower of Shechem Judges 9:46, 47, of the city Judges 9:51, of Gibeah Judges 20:5, of Keilah 1 Samuel 23:11, 12, of Jabesh 2 Samuel 21:12.
4. rulers, lords: בַּעֲלֵי גוֺיִם Isaiah 16:8.
5. n. of relation:
a. החלמות ׃בַּעַל ב׳ dreamer Genesis 37:19 (E); ב׳ דברים whosoever hath cases, complaints Exodus 24:14 (E); שׂער ב׳ an hairy man 2 Kings 1:8; חמה ב׳ wrathful Nahum 1:2; Proverbs 29:22; אף ב׳ one given to anger Proverbs 22:24; החכמה ב׳ one having wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12; משׁחית ב׳ destroyer Proverbs 18:9; כנף ב׳ winged thing, bird Proverbs 1:17; Ecclesiastes 10:20; נפשׁ ב׳ one given to appetite Proverbs 23:2; מזמות ב׳ mischievous person Proverbs 24:8; הלשׁון ב׳ charmer Ecclesiastes 10:11; רשׁע ב׳ one given to wickedness Ecclesiastes 8:8; פיפיות ב׳ double-edged Isaiah 41:15; משׁפט ב׳ adversary Isaiah 50:8; ב׳ פקדת captain of the ward Jeremiah 37:13; הקרנים ב׳ two-horned Daniel 8:6, 20.
b. בְּדִית ׃בַּעֲלֵי בּ׳ confederates Genesis 14:13; חצים ב׳ archers Genesis 49:23 (poetry); הפרשׁים ב׳ horsemen 2 Samuel 1:6; שׁבועה ב׳ conspirators Nehemiah 6:18; אספות ב׳ members of assemblies; or well-grouped sayings; or collectors (of wise sentences) Ecclesiastes 12:11. — On [H1173 2 Samuel 6:2] see II. בַּעֲלָה. (בַּעַל in Hexateuch not J or P; בעל Leviticus 21:4 Greek Version of the LXX ἐζάπινα = כבלּע [H1104 Numbers 4:20]: Di בְּאֵבֶל).

See bottom portion of this BDB entry H1168.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1169.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:13; 14:13; 20:3; 20:3; 37:19; 49:23

Exodus

21:3; 21:22; 21:28; 21:29; 21:29; 21:34; 21:36; 22:8; 22:11; 22:12; 22:14; 22:15; 24:14

Leviticus

21:4

Deuteronomy

15:2; 22:22; 24:4; 24:4

Joshua

24:11

Judges

9:2; 9:46; 9:47; 9:51; 19:22; 19:23; 20:5

1 Samuel

23:11; 23:12

2 Samuel

1:6; 11:26; 21:12

2 Kings

1:8

Nehemiah

6:18

Esther

1:17; 1:17; 1:20; 1:20

Job

31:39; 31:39

Proverbs

1:17; 1:19; 3:27; 12:4; 16:22; 17:8; 18:9; 22:24; 23:2; 24:8; 29:22; 31:11; 31:23; 31:28

Ecclesiastes

5:11; 5:13; 7:12; 8:8; 10:11; 10:20; 12:11

Isaiah

1:3; 16:8; 41:15; 50:8

Jeremiah

37:13

Daniel

8:6; 8:20

Joel

1:8

Nahum

1:2

H1167

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Strong's Number H1167 matches the Hebrew בַּעַל (baʿal),
which occurs 83 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:13–Pro 1:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the [fn]Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with Abram.

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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 BoxGen 37:19 - And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 - Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:3 - If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - And if a bull gore a man or woman and [fn]they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - (LXX 22:7) But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in [fn]regard of any part of his neighbour's deposit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - (LXX 22:10) an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour's deposit; and so his master shall [fn]hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - (LXX 22:11) And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - (LXX 22:13) And if any one borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - (LXX 22:14) But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a [fn]hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - And to the elders they said, Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Or are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:4 - He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - And this is the ordinance of the release: thou shalt remit every private debt which thy neighbour owes thee, and thou shalt not ask payment of it from thy brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord thy God.

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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 24:4 - the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord thy God, and ye shall not defile the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - And ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's brethren spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Sychem all these words; and their heart turned after Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And all the men of Sicima, and all the house of Bethmaalo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak [fn]of Sedition, which was at Sicima.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - And it was reported to Joatham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Sicima, and God shall hear you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - and ye are risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Sicima, because he is your brother:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Sicima, and the house of Beth-maalo; and let fire come out from the men of Sicima and from the house of Beth-maalo, and devour Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Sicima; and the men of Sicima [fn]dealt treacherously [fn]with the house of Abimelech:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - to bring the injury done to the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and to lay their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who slew them, and upon the men of Sicima, because they strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men of Sicima set liers in wait against him on the top of the mountains, and robbed every one who passed by them on the way; and it was reported to the king Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 - And Gaal son of Jobel came, and his brethren, and passed by Sicima, and the men of Sicima trusted in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the [fn]gathering of Bæthel-berith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was reported to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Sychem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut the door without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:22 - And they were comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into thy house, that we may know him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - And the master of the house came out to them, and said, Nay, brethren, do not ye wrong, I pray you, after this man has come into my house; do not ye this folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - And the men of Gabaa rose up against me, and compassed the house by night against me; they wished to slay me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - Will the place [fn]be shut up? and now will Saul come down, as thy [fn]servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - And the young man that brought the tidings, said to him, I happened accidentally to be upon mount Gelbue; and, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear, and, behold, the chariots and captains of horse pressed hard upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Bæthsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gelbue.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - And they said to him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, said he, she refused to obey king Artaxerxes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honour to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - for nets are not without cause spread for birds.

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