בַּעַל

Strong’s Definition

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Etymology & Derivation

from H1166 (בָּעַל);

KJV Usage

[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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.owner, husband, lord
• 2.owner
• 3.a husband
• 4.citizens, inhabitants
• 5.rulers, lords
• 6.(noun of relationship used to characterisei.e., master of dreams)
• 7.lord (used of foreign gods)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: baʻal; Pronunciation: bah'-al