בָּעַלbâʻal

Meanings

Same root

• בַּעַלbaʻal · H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 20:3 But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”
• Deuteronomy 22:22 “If a man is discovered committing adultery, both he and the woman must die. In this way, you will purge Israel of such evil.
• Deuteronomy 24:1 “Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes a document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.
• 1 Chronicles 4:22 Jokim; the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-lehem. These names all come from ancient records.
• Proverbs 30:23 a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
• Isaiah 26:13 O Lord our God, others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship.