From ba'al; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) -- + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
see HEBREW ba'al
H1167. baal
I. בַּעַל166 noun masculine owner, lord (Phoenician בעל; Palmyrene id. husband Vog62 compare BaeRel 72 ff.; Assyrian bêlu1 with DlGram. Glossary; Arabic husband etc., see especially NöZMG 1886, 174, Sabean בעל CISiv. 1, 2) — Genesis 20:3 92t.; suffix בַּעְלִּי Hosea 2:18; בַּעְלָּהּ Deuteronomy 24:4-5t.; plural בְּעָלִים Judges 2:11 17t.; construct בַּעֲלֵי Genesis 14:13 27t.; suffix בְּעָלָיו Exodus 21:29 14t.; בְּעָלֶיהָ Job 31:39 2t.; בַּעְלֵּיהֶן Esther 1:17, 20; — I.
1 owner (often plural with suffix in singular meaning): of ox Exodus 21:28-29, (twice in verse); 22:10; 22:11; 22:13; 22:14 (E); ׳ב הבור of pit 21:34, 36 (E), of house 22:7 (E) Judges 19:22-23, debt Deuteronomy 15:2, the land Job 31:39, the ass Isaiah 1:3, goods Ecclesiastes 5:10, riches 5:12; ׳ב טוב one to whom good is due Proverbs 3:27, gain 1:19; ׳ב שׂכל one having understanding 16:22; ׳ב השׁחד receiver of the gift 17:8.
2 husband Genesis 20:3; Exodus 21:3, 22 (E) Deuteronomy 22:22; 24:4; 2 Samuel 11:26; Joel 1:8; Proverbs 12:4; 31:11, 23, 28; Esther 1:17, 20; בַּעְלִּי Hosea 2:18 (my Baal, reference to the divine name used in the northern kingdom, here for the first time forbidden).
3 citizens, inhabitants: בַּעֲלֵי of Jericho Joshua 24:11 (E), of the high places of Arnon Numbers 21:28 (E), of Shechem Judges 9:2 12t., of the tower of Shechem 9:46-47, of the city 9:51, of Gibeah 20:5, of Keilah 1 Samuel 23:11-12, of Jabesh 2 Samuel 21:12.
4 rulers, lords: גוֺיִם בַּעֲלֵי Isaiah 16:8.
5 n. of relation:
a. ׳ב ׃בַּעַל החלמות dreamer Genesis 37:19 (E); דברים ׳ב whosoever hath cases, complaints Exodus 24:14 (E); ׳ב שׂער an hairy man 2 Kings 1:8; ׳ב חמה wrathful Nahum 1:2; Proverbs 29:22; ׳ב אף one given to anger 22:24; ׳ב החכמה one having wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12; ׳ב משׁחית destroyer Proverbs 18:9; ׳ב כנף winged thing, bird 1:17; Ecclesiastes 10:20; ׳ב נפשׁ one given to appetite Proverbs 23:2; ׳ב מזמות mischievous person 24:8; ׳ב הלשׁון charmer Ecclesiastes 10:11; ׳ב רשׁע one given to wickedness 8:8; ׳ב פיפיות double-edged Isaiah 41:15; ׳ב משׁפט adversary 50:8; פקדת ׳ב captain of the ward Jeremiah 37:13; ׳ב הקרנים two-horned Daniel 8:6, 20.
b. ׳בּ ׃בַּעֲלֵי בְּדִית confederates Genesis 14:13; ׳ב חצים archers 49:23 (poetry); ׳ב הפרשׁים horsemen 2 Samuel 1:6; ׳ב שׁבועה conspirators Nehemiah 6:18; ׳ב אספות members of assemblies; or well-grouped sayings; or collectors (of wise sentences) Ecclesiastes 12:11. — On 2 Samuel 6:2 see II. בַּעֲלָה. (בַּעַל in Hexateuch not J or P; בעל Leviticus 21:4 ᵐ5 ἐζάπινα = כבלּע Numbers 4:20: Di בְּאֵבֶל). Especially II. lord, specifically as divine name, Baal.
1 without article: בעל במות Numbers 22:41 (poetry Balaam); פעור בעל 25:3, 5 (E) Deuteronomy 4:3 (see below). This divine name is not used elsewhere in Hexateuch It probably originated from the sense of divine ownership, rather than sovereignty (RSSem 92). It seems to have been used in Northern Israel = אדון in the South. It was the special name of the God of the Canaanites, Philistines, etc., = Babylonian בֵּל, compare SchrSK 1874, 335 ff. In later times scribes substituted בּשֶׁת, in proper name (ירבשׁת = אשׁבשׁת ירבעל, = אשׁבעל, see בּשֶׁת, GeiZMG 1862, 728 ff.), & also in the text for בעל Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13 (hence ἡ βάαλ 2:23; 7:9; 11:13, 17; 19:5; Hosea 2:10; 13:1 +, Romans 11:4, see DiBaal mit d. weib. Art1 Kel, MBA 1881, June 16 Dr 2 Samuel 4:4).
2 with article: הַבַּעַל Judges 2:13; 6:25, 28, 30, 31, 32; 1 Kings 16:31-32, (twice in verse); 18:19, 21, 22, 25, 26 (twice in verse); 18:40; 19:18; 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Kings 3:2; 10:18-19, (twice in verse); 10:20-21, (3 t. in verse); 10:22-23, (3 t. in verse); 10:25-26, 27 (twice in verse); 10:28; 11:18 (twice in verse); 17:16; 21:3; 23:4-5, 2 Chronicles 23:17 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 2:8; 7:9; 11:13, 17; 12:16; 19:5 (twice in verse); 28:13; Jeremiah 28:27; 32:29; 32:35; Hosea 2:10; 13:1; Zephaniah 1:4.
3 הַבְּעָלִים emphatic plural (compare האדונים האלהים,) the great lord, the sovereign owner Judges 2:11; 3:7; 8:33; 10:6, 10; 1 Samuel 7:4; 12:10; 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Chronicles 17:3; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3; 34:4; Jeremiah 2:23; 9:13; Hosea 2:15; 2:19; 11:2 (or local special Ba`als, see DrSm. p. 50; pillars of Baal MV).
4 with attributive: בְּרִית בַּעַל Lord of convenant Judges 8:33; 9:4 (compare ברית אל 9:46; NöZMG 1888, 478); ׳ב זְבוּב Lord of flies 2 Kings 1:2-3, 6, 16, Philistine god, ᵐ5 Βααλ μυῖαν (Beelzebub, Matthew 12:24) compare BaeRel 25.
II. בַּ֫עַל 1. proper name, of a location city in the tribe of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:33 = בְּאֵר בַּעֲלַת.
2. proper name, masculine a. a Reubenite 1 Chronicles 5:5;
b. a Gibeonite 1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36.