בַּעַל
Baʻal · bah'-al
Baal, a Phoenician deity
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H1167 (בַּעַל);
Baal, a Phoenician deity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Baal, (plural) Baalim.
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
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of baal29 · 36%
- baalim10 · 13%
- unto baal8 · 10%
- baal7 · 9%
- for baal7 · 9%
- of baalim3 · 4%
- and baal2 · 3%
- for baalim2 · 3%
- by baal2 · 3%
- in baal2 · 3%
- let baal1 · 1%
- follow him: but if baal1 · 1%
- but baal's1 · 1%
- o baal1 · 1%
- to do to baal1 · 1%
- not unto baalim1 · 1%
- upon baalim1 · 1%
- unto baalim1 · 1%
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.