Strong's Hebrew · H1169

H1169 bᵉʻêl

בְּעֵל

beh-ale'

commander

Looking for Greek G1169 deilós? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1169. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

bᵉʻêl appears 3 times in Scripture, in Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:9 and Ezra 4:17. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

In the King James Version

chancellor.

Derivation

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1167 (בַּעַל)

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Ezra 4:9

“From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,”

Ezra 4:8

“Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:”

Ezra 4:17

“Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.”

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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).

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