בְּעֵל
be.el
“commander”
Definition
{a master; hence, a husband,}
(Aramaic) corresponding to H1167 (בַּעַל)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
A:N-M
A:N-M
Occurrences
בְּעֵל appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
Then the king sent this reply:To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates:Greetings.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.