בַּעַל
baʻal · bah'-al
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1166 (בָּעַל);
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
- a master
- hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
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 בַּעַל 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
84 occurrences · 84 OT · 0 NT · 47 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the men6 · 14%
- man4 · 10%
- unto the owner2 · 5%
- husband2 · 5%
- the men2 · 5%
- of all the men2 · 5%
- and his owner2 · 5%
- from the men2 · 5%
- the owner2 · 5%
- will the men2 · 5%
- her husband2 · 5%
- dreamer1 · 2%
- to an husband1 · 2%
- the archers1 · 2%
- every creditor1 · 2%
- for she is a man's1 · 2%
- to do1 · 2%
- but if the owner1 · 2%
- and the owner1 · 2%
- then the master1 · 2%
- to his owner1 · 2%
- himself, being a chief man1 · 2%
- but the owner1 · 2%
- if he were married1 · 2%
- and these were confederate1 · 2%
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.