baal · Baal

What it means

baal (בַּעַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Baal”.

The god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Baal ×62
• Baals ×18

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×11
• 1 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×13
• 2 Kings×24
• 1 Chronicles×4
• 2 Chronicles×7
• Jeremiah×13
• Hosea×5
• Zephaniah×1

• Judges 2:11

  The sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH and served the Baals.

• Judges 2:13

  They abandoned YHWH and served Baal and the Astartes.

• Judges 3:7

  The sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; they forgot YHWH their Elohim and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

• Judges 6:25

  That night YHWH said to him, “Take the bull of the oxen that belongs to your father, and the second bull, seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.

• Judges 6:28

  The men of the city rose early in the morning, and look, the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.

• Judges 6:30

  The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal and has cut down the Asherah that was beside it.”

• Judges 6:31

  Joash said to all who stood around him, “Are you going to contend for Baal? Or are you going to save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar.”

• Judges 6:32

  So on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal contend with him, because he tore down his altar.”

• Judges 8:33

  As soon as Gideon died, the sons of Israel again prostituted themselves after the Baals, and they made Baal-berith their god.

• Judges 10:6

  The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and served the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; they abandoned YHWH and did not serve him.

• Judges 10:10

  The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have abandoned our Elohim and served the Baals.”

• 1 Samuel 7:4

  So the sons of Israel put away the Baals and the Astartes, and served YHWH alone.

• 1 Samuel 12:10

  They cried out to YHWH and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken YHWH and have served the Baals and the Astartes. And now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

• 1 Kings 16:31

  And it happened, as if it were a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and bowed down to him.

• 1 Kings 16:32

  He set up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal that he built in Samaria.

• 1 Kings 18:18

  He said, “I have not brought ruin on Israel, but you and the house of your father have, in your abandoning the commandments of YHWH; and you have gone after the Baals.

• 1 Kings 18:19

  Now then, send, gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at the table of Jezebel.”

• 1 Kings 18:21

  Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between the two opinions? If YHWH is Elohim, go after him; and if Baal, go after him.” And the people did not answer him a word.

• 1 Kings 18:22

  Elijah said to the people, “I am left a prophet of YHWH, I alone; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

• 1 Kings 18:25

  Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.”

• 1 Kings 18:26

  They took the bull that he gave them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answering. And they limped around the altar that had been made.

• 1 Kings 18:40

  Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.

• 1 Kings 19:18

  Yet I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

• 1 Kings 22:53

  He served Baal and bowed down to him, and provoked to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

• 2 Kings 3:2

  He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, only not like his father and like his mother; he removed the standing stone of Baal that his father had made.

• 2 Kings 10:18

  Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

• 2 Kings 10:19

  Now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; anyone who is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

• 2 Kings 10:20

  Jehu said, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” And they proclaimed it.

• 2 Kings 10:21

  Jehu sent through all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came; there was not a man left who did not come. They went into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

• 2 Kings 10:22

  He said to the one who was over the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal.” And he brought out the garments for them.

• 2 Kings 10:23

  Jehu and Jonadab son of Rechab went into the house of Baal, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that there is not here with you any of the servants of YHWH, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

• 2 Kings 10:25

  And it happened, when he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the captains, “Go in, strike them; let no one get out.” And they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the runners and the captains threw them out and went to the city of the house of Baal.

• 2 Kings 10:26

  They brought out the standing stones of the house of Baal and burned it.

• 2 Kings 10:27

  They tore down the standing stone of Baal, and they tore down the house of Baal and made it into latrines to this day.

• 2 Kings 10:28

  So Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.

• 2 Kings 11:18

  All the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; its altars and its images they smashed thoroughly, and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they killed before the altars. And the priest set guards over the house of YHWH.

• 2 Kings 17:16

  They abandoned all the commandments of YHWH their Elohim and made for themselves a cast image, two calves; and they made an Asherah, and bowed down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal.

• 2 Kings 21:3

  He built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the army of the heavens and served them.

• 2 Kings 23:4

  The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out from the temple of YHWH all the utensils made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their dust to Bethel.

• 2 Kings 23:5

  He put an end to the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem, and to those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens.

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