Strong's Hebrew · H1168
בַּעַל
Baʻal · bah'-al
Baal, (plural) Baalim.
Definition
Baal, a Phoenician deity
Derivation
the same as H1167 (בַּעַל);
Appears 82 times in Scripture
“Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.”
“So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.”
“and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:”
“On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
“to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,”
“The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.”
“for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.”
“And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.”
“When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.”
“Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).