Strong's Hebrew · H1167
H1167 baʻal
בַּעַל
bah'-al
master
Looking for Greek G1167 deilía? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1167. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
baʻal appears 83 times in Scripture, including Genesis 14:13 and Exodus 21:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
In the King James Version
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.
Derivation
from H1166 (בָּעַל);
Appears 83 times in Scripture
“But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.”
““Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.”
“If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.”
“If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.”
“The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.”
“If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.”
“But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.”
“Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.”
“an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
