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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 1 / 2 (Jdg 2:11–2Ch 34:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 - The Israelites did evil before the LORD by worshiping the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - They abandoned the LORD and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - The Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight. They forgot the LORD their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - That night the LORD said to him, "Take the bull from your father's herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - The men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all those who confronted him, "Must you fight Baal's battles? Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause will die by morning! If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles! After all, it was his altar that was pulled down."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - That very day Gideon's father named him Jerub-Baal, because he had said, "Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - The Israelites again did evil in the LORD's sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD: "We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - Then they cried out to the LORD and admitted, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - Elijah replied, "I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father's dynasty have, by abandoning the LORD's commandments and following the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - Now send out messengers and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the LORD is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!" But the people did not say a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Elijah said to them: "I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:25 - Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "Baal, answer us." But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Elijah told them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let even one of them escape!" So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives." But Jehu was tricking them so he could destroy the servants of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:20 - Then Jehu ordered, "Make arrangements for a celebration for Baal." So they announced it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, "Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal." So he brought out robes for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the servants of Baal, "Make sure there are no servants of the LORD here with you; there must be only servants of Baal."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers, "Come in and strike them down! Don't let any escape!" So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:28 - So Jehu eradicated Baal worship from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, and the guards to bring out of the LORD's temple all the items that were used in the worship of Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. The king burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:33 - They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David's footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - All the people went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - (Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God's temple and used all the holy items of the LORD's temple in their worship of the Baals.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2 - He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

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