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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 2 / 2 (Pro 1:19–Nah 1:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners H1167 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, H1167 when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: H1167 but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath H1167 it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath H1167 it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great H1167 waster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Make no friendship with an angry man; H1167 and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:2 - And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given H1167 to appetite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8 - He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. H1167

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 - An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man H1167 aboundeth in transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband H1167 doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:23 - Her husband H1167 is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:28 - Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband H1167 also, and he praiseth her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11 - When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners H1167 thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners H1167 thereof to their hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have H1167 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given H1167 to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler H1167 is no better.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath H1167 wings shall tell the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:11 - The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters H1167 of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 - The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's H1167 crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords H1167 of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:15 - Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having H1167 teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:8 - He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? H1167 let him come near to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain H1167 of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - And he came to the ram that had H1167 two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - The ram which thou sawest having H1167 two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband H1167 of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 - God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; H1167 the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

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