בַּעַלbaʻal
בַּעַל: owner, lord
Pronunciation: bah'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1167
Meanings
I.
1. owner (Exodus 21:28; Exodus 21:29; Exodus 22:10)
2. husband (Genesis 20:3; Exodus 21:3; Exodus 21:22)
3. citizens, inhabitants (Joshua 24:11; Numbers 21:28; Judges 9:2)
4. rulers, lords (Isaiah 16:8)
5. noun of relation
II. Baal, Especially II. lord, specifically as divine name
1. without article (Numbers 22:41; Numbers 25:3; Numbers 25:5)
2. with article (Judges 2:13; Judges 6:25; Judges 6:28)
3. the great lord, the sovereign owner, emphatic plural (Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Judges 8:33)
4. with attributive (Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4; Judges 9:46)
בַּ֫עַל: 1. city in the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:33)
2. a Reubenite, a Gibeonite (1 Chronicles 5:5; 1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:36)
Same root
- בָּעַלbâʻal · H1166to be master; hence, to marry
- בַּעַלBaʻal · H1168Baal, a Phoenician deity
- בְּעֵלbᵉʻêl · H1169{a master; hence, a husband,}
- בַּעֲלָהbaʻălâh · H1172a mistress
- בַּעַל הָמוֹןBaʻal Hâmôwn · H1174Baal-Hamon, a place in Palestine
- בַּעַל חָנָןBaʻal Chânân · H1177Baal-Chanan, the name of an Edomite, also of an Israelite
- בַּעַל חָצוֹרBaʻal Châtsôwr · H1178Baal-Chatsor, a place in Palestine
- בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹןBaʻal Chermôwn · H1179Baal-Chermon, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 84 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:13 But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.
- 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!”
- Genesis 37:19 “Here comes the dreamer!” they said.
- Genesis 49:23 Archers attacked him savagely; they shot at him and harassed him.
- Exodus 21:3 If he was single when he became your slave, he shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife must be freed with him.
- Exodus 21:22 “Now suppose two men are fighting, and in the process they accidentally strike a pregnant woman so she gives birth prematurely. If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the amount of compensation the woman’s husband demands and the judges approve.
See every passage
- Genesis 14:13, 20:3, 37:19, 49:23
- Exodus 21:3, 21:22, 21:28, 21:29, 21:34, 21:36, 22:8, 22:11, 22:12, 22:14, 22:15, 24:14
- Leviticus 21:4
- Numbers 21:28
- Deuteronomy 15:2, 21:13, 22:22, 24:4
- Joshua 24:11
- Judges 9:2, 9:3, 9:6, 9:7, 9:18, 9:20, 9:23, 9:24, 9:25, 9:26, 9:39, 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, 1:20
- Job 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
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).