בְּעֵל
beel · owner, master
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H1169 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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beel (בְּעֵל) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “owner, master”.
Owner, lord (Aramaic); the same word as the Hebrew "baal". "Master of the order" is the title of a high official: the commander.
How to say it
be·el
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.
Its senses in the Bible
- Owner; the one in charge, a high royal official.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 4:8
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
- Ezra 4:9
Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
- Ezra 4:17
The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions who live in Samaria and the rest of the other side of the river: Peace. And now: