2001 Translation

BAAL, baal

Sounds Like: bah-AHL

Translations: Baal, a Baal

From the root: ΒΑΑΛ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: Baal refers to a prominent Canaanite and Phoenician deity, often associated with fertility, storms, and kingship. In the Old Testament, the worship of Baal is frequently depicted as a major rival to the worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel. The term can also be used more generally to refer to a false god or idol.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative

Strong’s number: G0896 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Joshua — 13:17
• Judges — 6:28, 6:32, 8:33, 9:4, 9:46
• 1 Chronicles — 9:36
• Jeremiah — 7:9, 39:29

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 21:157

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 9 — 6:135, 6:136, 6:138, 7:154

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 39:1, 46:6, 136:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Numbers — 22:41
• Joshua — 13:17, 15:10
• Judges — 2:13, 6:25, 6:28, 6:30, 6:31, 6:32, 8:33, 20:33
• 1 Kings — 16:31, 16:32, 18:21, 18:22, 18:26, 18:40, 19:18
• 2 Kings — 1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:16, 1:18, 3:2, 10:18, 10:19, 10:20, 10:21, 10:22, 10:23, 10:25, 10:26, 10:27, 10:28, 11:18, 17:16, 21:3, 23:4, 23:5
• 1 Chronicles — 9:36
• 2 Chronicles — 23:17
• Ezra (Beta) — 4:9
• Tobit — 1:5
• Jeremiah — 2:8, 2:23, 2:28, 7:9, 11:13, 11:17, 12:16, 19:5, 23:13, 23:27, 39:29, 39:35
• Hosea — 2:8, 13:1
• Zephaniah — 1:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 11:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΑΛ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΒΑΑΛʼ — Baal
• ΒΑΑΛΕΙΜ — Baals, the Baals
• ΒΑΑΛΕΙΜʼ — Baalim, the Baals
• ΒΑΑΛΙΜΟΝ — Baalim, idols of Baal, Baal-worshippers

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