בָּעַל baal

Hebrew word for “rule” · Strong’s H1166 · used 15 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) to marry, possess, own, rule over; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to marry, be lord (husband) over; 1b) (Niphal) to be married

Senses in the lexicon

• rule: to marry (12)
• rule: to rule (2)
• Married (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for baal in context, with how often each is used:

• married 3
• will marry 2
• will be married 2
• husband 2
• married woman 1
• husbands 1
• marries 1
• has married 1
• ruled 1
• have ruled over 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 54 (2), Isaiah 62 (2), Genesis 20 (1), Deuteronomy 22 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1), 1 Chronicles 4 (1), Proverbs 30 (1), Isaiah 26 (1), Jeremiah 3 (1), Jeremiah 31 (1)

Forms

• בעלת 2
• תבעל 2
• בעולה 2
• בעלתי 2
• ובעלה 1
• בעליך 1
• יבעל 1
• יבעלוך 1
• ובעל 1
• בעלו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with baal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בַּעַל baal “master” 2
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 3
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 3
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 2
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 2
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 2
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 2
• קָרָא qara “to call” 2
• מוּת mut “to die” 2
• שֵׁם shem “name” 2
• דָּבָר davar “word” 2

Key verses

The verses using baal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
• Deuteronomy 22:22 — If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt…
• Deuteronomy 24:1 — When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let…
• Proverbs 30:23 — For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
• Isaiah 26:13 — O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
• Isaiah 54:1 — Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the…
• Isaiah 54:5 — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isaiah 62:4 — Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the…
• Isaiah 62:5 — For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
• Jeremiah 3:14 — Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
• Jeremiah 31:32 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant…
• Malachi 2:11 — Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.