HebrewH1171Noun

בַּ֫עַל גָּד

ba.al gad

3Occurrences
H1171Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Baal-Gad, a place in Syria

from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H1409 (גָּד); Baal of Fortune;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Baal-gad = "lord of fortune" a city noted for Baal-worship, located at the most northern or northwestern point to which Joshua's victories extended Another name of cher.mon (*חֶרְמוֹן *"Hermon" H2768)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

בַּ֫עַל גָּד appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3

Key Passages

Joshua 11:17BSB

from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

Joshua 12:7BSB

And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance

Joshua 13:5BSB

the land of the Gebalites;and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

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