HebrewH1168Noun

בַּעַל

ba.al

65Occurrences
H1168Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Baal, a Phoenician deity

the same as H1167 (בַּעַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Baal = "lord" esp. lord, specif. as divine name, Baal supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-M-T

Full Description

N:N-M-T

Occurrences

בַּעַל appears 65 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
16
Judges
11
Jeremiah
11
1 Kings
10
2 Chronicles
6
1 Chronicles
4
1 Samuel
2
Hosea
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:33BSB

and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

1 Kings 19:18BSB

Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

2 Kings 10:22BSB

And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

Hosea 13:1BSB

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;he was exalted in Israel.But he incurred guilt through Baal,and he died.

Jeremiah 11:17BSB

The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.