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Lexicon :: Strong's H1167 - baʿal

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בַּעַל
Transliteration
baʿal
Pronunciation
bah'-al
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּעַל (H1166)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 262a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בעל.

Strong’s Definitions

בַּעַל baʻal, bah'-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):— archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H1167 in the following manner: man (25x), owner (14x), husband (11x), have (7x), master (5x), man given (2x), adversary (1x), archers (1x), babbler (with H3956) (1x), bird (with H3671) (1x), captain (1x), confederate (with H1285) (1x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H1167 in the following manner: man (25x), owner (14x), husband (11x), have (7x), master (5x), man given (2x), adversary (1x), archers (1x), babbler (with H3956) (1x), bird (with H3671) (1x), captain (1x), confederate (with H1285) (1x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. owner, husband, lord

    1. owner

    2. a husband

    3. citizens, inhabitants

    4. rulers, lords

    5. (noun of relationship used to characterise - ie, master of dreams)

    6. lord (used of foreign gods)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּעַל baʻal, bah'-al; from H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):— archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.
STRONGS H1167: Abbreviations
† I. בַּעַל 166 noun masculine owner, lord (Phoenician בעל; Palmyrene id. husband Vog62 compare BaeRel 72 ff.; Assyrian bêlul.c. DlGram. Glossary; Arabic بعْلٌ husband etc., see especially NöZMG 1886, 174, Sabean בעל CISiv. 1, 2) — Genesis 20:3 + 92 times; suffix בַּעְלִּי [H1180 Hosea 2:18 [Hosea 2:16]]; בַּעְלָּהּ Deuteronomy 24:4 + 5 times; plural בְּעָלִים [H1168 Judges 2:11] + 17 times; construct בַּעֲלֵי Genesis 14:13 + 27 times; suffix בְּעָלָיו Exodus 21:29 + 14 times; בְּעָלֶיהָ Job 31:39 + 2 times; בַּעְלֵּיהֶן Esther 1:17, 20; —
I.
1. owner (often plural with suffix in singular meaning): of ox Exodus 21:28, 29 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:10 [Exodus 22:11]; Exodus 22:11 [Exodus 22:12]; Exodus 22:13 [Exodus 22:14]; Exodus 22:14 [Exodus 22:15] (E); הבור ב׳ of pit Exodus 21:34, 36 (E), of house Exodus 22:7 [Exodus 22:8] (E) Judges 19:22, 23, debt Deuteronomy 15:2, the land Job 31:39, the ass Isaiah 1:3, goods Ecclesiastes 5:10 [Ecclesiastes 5:11], riches Ecclesiastes 5:12 [Ecclesiastes 5:13]; טוב ב׳ one to whom good is due Proverbs 3:27, gain Proverbs 1:19; שׂכל ב׳ one having understanding Proverbs 16:22; השׁחד ב׳ receiver of the gift Proverbs 17:8.
2. husband Genesis 20:3; Exodus 21:3, 22 (E) Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:4; 2 Samuel 11:26; Joel 1:8; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:11, 23, 28; Esther 1:17, 20; בַּעְלִּי [H1180 Hosea 2:18 [Hosea 2:16]] (my Baal, reference to the divine name used in the northern kingdom, here for the first time forbidden).
3. citizens, inhabitants: בַּעֲלֵי of Jericho Joshua 24:11 (E), of the high places of Arnon [H1181 Numbers 21:28] (E), of Shechem Judges 9:2 + 12 times, of the tower of Shechem Judges 9:46, 47, of the city Judges 9:51, of Gibeah Judges 20:5, of Keilah 1 Samuel 23:11, 12, of Jabesh 2 Samuel 21:12.
4. rulers, lords: בַּעֲלֵי גוֺיִם Isaiah 16:8.
5. n. of relation:
a. החלמות ׃בַּעַל ב׳ dreamer Genesis 37:19 (E); ב׳ דברים whosoever hath cases, complaints Exodus 24:14 (E); שׂער ב׳ an hairy man 2 Kings 1:8; חמה ב׳ wrathful Nahum 1:2; Proverbs 29:22; אף ב׳ one given to anger Proverbs 22:24; החכמה ב׳ one having wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12; משׁחית ב׳ destroyer Proverbs 18:9; כנף ב׳ winged thing, bird Proverbs 1:17; Ecclesiastes 10:20; נפשׁ ב׳ one given to appetite Proverbs 23:2; מזמות ב׳ mischievous person Proverbs 24:8; הלשׁון ב׳ charmer Ecclesiastes 10:11; רשׁע ב׳ one given to wickedness Ecclesiastes 8:8; פיפיות ב׳ double-edged Isaiah 41:15; משׁפט ב׳ adversary Isaiah 50:8; ב׳ פקדת captain of the ward Jeremiah 37:13; הקרנים ב׳ two-horned Daniel 8:6, 20.
b. בְּדִית ׃בַּעֲלֵי בּ׳ confederates Genesis 14:13; חצים ב׳ archers Genesis 49:23 (poetry); הפרשׁים ב׳ horsemen 2 Samuel 1:6; שׁבועה ב׳ conspirators Nehemiah 6:18; אספות ב׳ members of assemblies; or well-grouped sayings; or collectors (of wise sentences) Ecclesiastes 12:11. — On [H1173 2 Samuel 6:2] see II. בַּעֲלָה. (בַּעַל in Hexateuch not J or P; בעל Leviticus 21:4 ἐζάπινα = כבלּע [H1104 Numbers 4:20]: Di בְּאֵבֶל).

See bottom portion of this BDB entry H1168.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H1169.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:13; 14:13; 20:3; 20:3; 37:19; 49:23

Exodus

21:3; 21:22; 21:28; 21:29; 21:29; 21:34; 21:36; 22:8; 22:11; 22:12; 22:14; 22:15; 24:14

Leviticus

21:4

Deuteronomy

15:2; 22:22; 24:4; 24:4

Joshua

24:11

Judges

9:2; 9:46; 9:47; 9:51; 19:22; 19:23; 20:5

1 Samuel

23:11; 23:12

2 Samuel

1:6; 11:26; 21:12

2 Kings

1:8

Nehemiah

6:18

Esther

1:17; 1:17; 1:20; 1:20

Job

31:39; 31:39

Proverbs

1:17; 1:19; 3:27; 12:4; 16:22; 17:8; 18:9; 22:24; 23:2; 24:8; 29:22; 31:11; 31:23; 31:28

Ecclesiastes

5:11; 5:13; 7:12; 8:8; 10:11; 10:20; 12:11

Isaiah

1:3; 16:8; 41:15; 50:8

Jeremiah

37:13

Daniel

8:6; 8:20

Joel

1:8

Nahum

1:2