HebrewH1170Noun

בַּעַל בְּרִית

ba.al be.rit

“Baal-berith”

2Occurrences

H1170Strong's #

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Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites

from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H1285 (בְּרִית); Baal of (the) covenant;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

§ Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant" a god of the Philistines

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בַּעַל בְּרִית appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Judges

Judges 8:33BSB

And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.

Judges 9:4BSB

So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

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