בַּעֲלָהbaʻălâh
mistress
Pronunciation: bah-al-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1172
Meanings
2. relative noun (1 Samuel 28:7; Nahum 3:4)
Same root
- בַּעַלbaʻal · H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
- בַּעֲלָהBaʻălâh · H1173Baalah, the name of three places in Palestine
- בְּעָלוֹתBᵉʻâlôwth · H1175Bealoth, a place in Palestine
- בַּעֲלָתBaʻălâth · H1191Baalath, a place in Palestine
- בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵרBaʻălath Bᵉʼêr · H1192Baalath-Beer, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 28:7 Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.” His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”
- 1 Kings 17:17 Some time later the woman’s son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
- Nahum 3:4 All this because Nineveh, the beautiful and faithless city, mistress of deadly charms, enticed the nations with her beauty. She taught them all her magic, enchanting people everywhere.
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).