בָּעַל
bâʻal · baw-al'
to be master; hence, to marry
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 (בַּעַל)
to be master; hence, to marry
- to be master
- hence, to marry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, [idiom] wife).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּעַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wife1 · 6%
- in unto her, and be her husband1 · 6%
- married1 · 6%
- and married1 · 6%
- who had the dominion1 · 6%
- woman when she is married1 · 6%
- thee have had dominion1 · 6%
- of the married wife1 · 6%
- is thine husband1 · 6%
- beulah1 · 6%
- shall be married1 · 6%
- marrieth1 · 6%
- marry1 · 6%
- for i am married1 · 6%
- although i was an husband1 · 6%
- and hath married1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.