בַּעַל baal

Hebrew word for “master” · Strong’s H1167 · used 84 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

: master/leader; 1) owner, husband, lord;

Senses in the lexicon

• master (35)
• master: husband (14)
• master: men (13)
• master: [master of] (13)
• master: owning (9)

How it is translated

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

• citizens 22
• owners 19
• master 12
• husband 12
• owner 7
• husbands 2
• masters 2
• possessor 2
• rulers 1
• will be husband 1
• partners 1
• captain 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 9 (14), Exodus 21 (6), Exodus 22 (5), Proverbs 31 (3), Judges 19 (2), 1 Samuel 23 (2), Esther 1 (2), Proverbs 1 (2), Ecclesiastes 5 (2), Ecclesiastes 10 (2)

Forms

• בעלי 26
• בעל 23
• בעליו 10
• בעלה 6
• ובעל 4
• לבעליו 3
• בעליה 2
• לבעל 2
• בבעליו 1
• מבעלי 1

Words used with it

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

• שְׁכֶם shekhem “Shechem” 13
• אֲבִימֶלֶךְ avimelekh “Abimelech” 10
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 13
• אִם im “if” 12
• אָח ach “brother” 9
• שָׁלֵם salem “to complete” 6
• מוּת mut “to die” 9
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 7
• עִם im “with” 8
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 8
• שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 4
• חֵמָה chemah “rage” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 14:13 — And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and…
• 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.
• Judges 9:7 — And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men…
• Judges 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake…
• Ecclesiastes 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
• Ecclesiastes 7:12 — For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
• Ecclesiastes 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither…
• Ecclesiastes 12:11 — The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
• Isaiah 1:3 — The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
• Isaiah 41:15 — Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
• Jeremiah 37:13 — And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took…
• Nahum 1:2 — God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his…

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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.