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בַּעַל H1167

baʻal

bah'-al

from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

בַּעַל 166 n.m. owner, lord
I
1 owner
2 husband
3 citizens, inhabitants
4 rulers, lords
5 n. of relation
II Esp. lord, specif. as divine name, Baal.

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


78 occurrences

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  • Proverbs 3:27
    Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
  • Proverbs 12:4
    A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Proverbs 16:22
    Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
  • Proverbs 17:8
    A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
  • Proverbs 18:9
    He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
  • Proverbs 22:24
    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
  • Proverbs 23:2
    And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
  • Proverbs 24:8
    He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
  • Proverbs 29:22
    An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  • Proverbs 31:11
    The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.