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Lexicon :: Strong's H1168 - baʿal

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בַּעַל
Transliteration
baʿal
Pronunciation
bah'-al
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as בַּעַל (H1167)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 262a

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

בַּעַל Baʻal, bah'-al; the same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity:—Baal, (plural) Baalim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H1168 in the following manner: Baal (62x), Baalim (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H1168 in the following manner: Baal (62x), Baalim (18x).

  1. Baal = "lord"

    proper masculine noun

    1. supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

    2. a Reubenite

    3. the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul

      proper locative noun

    4. a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּעַל Baʻal, bah'-al; the same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity:—Baal, (plural) Baalim.
STRONGS H1168: Abbreviations
בַּעַל Especially
II. lord, specifically as divine name, Baal.
1. without article: במות בעל [H1109 Numbers 22:41] (poetry Balaam); בעל פעור [H1187 Numbers 25:3, 5 (E) Deuteronomy 4:3] (see below). This divine name is not used elsewhere in Hexateuch It probably originated from the sense of divine ownership, rather than sovereignty (RSSem 92). It seems to have been used in Northern Israel = אדון in the South. It was the special name of the God of the Canaanites, Philistines, etc., = Babylonian בֵּל, compare SchrSK 1874, 335 ff. In later times scribes substituted בּשֶׁת, in proper name (ירבשׁת = ירבעל, אשׁבשׁת = אשׁבעל, see בּשֶׁת, GeiZMG 1862, 728 ff.), & also in the text for בעל [H1187 Hosea 9:10]; Jeremiah 11:13 (hence ἡ βάαλ Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 11:13, 17; Jeremiah 19:5; Hosea 2:10 [Hosea 2:8]; Hosea 13:1 +, Romans 11:4, see DiBaal mit d. weib. Art1 Kel, MBA 1881, June 16 Dr 2 Samuel 4:4).
2. with article: הַבַּעַל Judges 2:13; Judges 6:25, 28, 30, 31, 32; 1 Kings 16:31, 32 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:19, 21, 22, 25, 26 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 19:18; 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:18, 19 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:20, 21 (3 times in verse); 2 Kings 10:22, 23 (3 times in verse); 2 Kings 10:25, 26, 27 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:28; 2 Kings 11:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:4, 5; 2 Chronicles 23:17 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 11:13, 17; Jeremiah 12:16; Jeremiah 19:5 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 23:13; Jeremiah 23:27; Jeremiah 32:29; Jeremiah 32:35; Hosea 2:10 [Hosea 2:8]; Hosea 13:1; Zephaniah 1:4.
3. הַבְּעָלִים emphatic plural (compare האלהים, האדונים) the great lord, the sovereign owner Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Judges 8:33; Judges 10:6, 10; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Chronicles 17:3; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3; 34:4; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 9:13 [Jeremiah 9:14]; Hosea 2:15 [Hosea 2:13]; Hosea 2:19 [Hosea 2:17]; Hosea 11:2 (or local special Ba`als, see DrSm. p. 50; pillars of Baal MV).
4. with attributive: בַּעַל בְּרִית Lord of convenant [H1170 Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4] (compare אל ברית [H1167 Judges 9:46]; NöZMG 1888, 478); זְבוּב ב׳ Lord of flies [H1176 2 Kings 1:2, 3, 6, 16], Philistine god, Greek Version of the LXX Βααλ μυῖαν (Beelzebub, Matthew 12:24) compare BaeRel 25.

† II. בַּ֫עַל
1. proper name, of a location city in the tribe of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:33 = בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר.
2. proper name, masculine
a. a Reubenite 1 Chronicles 5:5;
b. a Gibeonite 1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:36.

See top portion of this BDB entry H1167.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1169.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

2:11; 2:13; 3:7; 6:25; 6:28; 6:30; 6:31; 6:32; 8:33; 10:6; 10:10

1 Samuel

7:4; 12:10

1 Kings

16:31; 16:32; 18:18; 18:19; 18:21; 18:22; 18:25; 18:26; 18:40; 19:18

2 Kings

3:2; 10:18; 10:19; 10:20; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 10:25; 10:26; 10:27; 10:28; 11:18; 17:16; 21:3; 23:4; 23:5

1 Chronicles

4:33; 5:5; 8:30; 9:36

2 Chronicles

17:3; 23:17; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3; 34:4

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:23; 2:23; 7:9; 7:9; 9:14; 11:13; 11:13; 11:13; 11:17; 11:17; 12:16; 19:5; 19:5; 23:13; 23:27; 32:29; 32:35

Hosea

2:8; 2:8; 2:13; 2:17; 11:2; 13:1; 13:1

Zephaniah

1:4

H1168

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1168 matches the Hebrew בַּעַל (baʿal),
which occurs 80 times in 68 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 2:8–Zep 1:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - “The priests H3548 did not say, H559 ‘Where H346 is the LORD?’ H3068
And those who handle H8610 the law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]rulers H7462 also transgressed H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that did not profit. H3276

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - “How H349 can you say, H559 ‘I am not defiled, H2930
I have not gone H1980 after H310 the Baals’? H1168
Look H7200 at your way H1870 in the valley! H1516
Know H3045 what H4100 you have done! H6213
You are a swift H7031 young H1072 camel H1072 entangling H8308 her ways, H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - but have walked H1980 after H310 the stubbornness H8307 of their heart H3820 and after H310 the Baals, H1168 as their fathers H1 taught H3925 them,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - The LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 who planted H5193 you, has pronounced H1696 evil H7451 against H5921 you because H1558 of the evil H7451 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and of the house H1004 of Judah, H3063 which H834 they have [fn]done H6213 to provoke H3707 Me by [fn]offering H6999 up sacrifices H6999 to Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - “Then if H518 they will really H3925 learn H3925 the ways H1870 of My people, H5971 to swear H7650 by My name, H8034 ‘As the LORD H3068 lives,’ H2416 even H834 as they taught H3925 My people H5971 to swear H7650 by Baal, H1168 they will be built H1129 up in the midst H8432 of My people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - and have built H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal H1168 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 in the fire H784 as burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to Baal, H1168 a thing which H834 I never H3808 commanded H6680 or spoke H1696 of, nor H3808 did it ever enter H5927 My [fn]mind; H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - “Moreover, among the prophets H5030 of Samaria H8111 I saw H7200 an offensive H8604 thing: H8604
They prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168 and led H8582 My people H5971 Israel H3478 astray. H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - who intend H2803 to make My people H5971 forget H7911 My name H8034 by their dreams H2472 which H834 they relate H5608 to one H376 another, H7453 just H834 as their fathers H1 forgot H7911 My name H8034 because of Baal? H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - “The Chaldeans H3778 who are fighting H3898 against H5921 this H2088 city H5892 will enter H935 and set H3341 this H2088 city H5892 on fire H784 and burn H8313 it, with the houses H1004 where H834 people have offered H6999 incense H6999 to Baal H1168 on their roofs H1406 and poured H5258 out drink H5262 offerings H5262 to other H312 gods H430 to provoke H3707 Me to anger. H3707

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - “They built H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal H1168 that are in the valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011 to cause their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 to pass H5674 through H5674 the fire to Molech, H4432 which H834 I had not commanded H6680 them nor H3808 had it [fn]entered H5927 My mind H3820 that they should do H6213 this H2088 abomination, H8441 to cause Judah H3063 to sin. H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:8 - “For she does not know H3045 that it was I who gave H5414 her the grain, H1715 the new H8492 wine H8492 and the oil, H3323
And lavished H7235 on her silver H3701 and gold, H2091
Which they [fn]used H6213 for Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - “I will punish H6485 her for the days H3117 of the Baals H1168
When H834 she used to [fn]offer H6999 sacrifices H6999 to them
And adorn H5710 herself with her [fn]earrings H5141 and jewelry, H2484
And follow H1980 H310 her lovers, H157 so that she forgot H7911 Me,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:17 - “For I will remove H5493 the names H8034 of the Baals H1168 from her mouth, H6310
So that they will be [fn]mentioned H2142 by their names H8034 no H3808 more. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:2 - The more [fn]they called H7121 them,
The more H3651 they went H1980 from [fn]them;
They kept sacrificing H2076 to the Baals H1168
And burning H6999 incense H6999 to idols. H6456

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When Ephraim H669 [fn]spoke, H1696 there was trembling. H7578
He exalted H5375 himself H1931 in Israel, H3478
But through Baal H1168 he [fn]did H816 wrong H816 and died. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - “So I will stretch H5186 out My hand H3027 against H5921 Judah H3063
And against H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem. H3389
And I will cut H3772 off H3772 the remnant H7605 of Baal H1168 from this H2088 place, H4725
And the names H8034 of the idolatrous H3649 priests H3649 along H5973 with the priests. H3548

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