Bible Names

Baalis: meaning of the name

Baalis means “a rejoicing; a proud lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Baalis in Hebrew and Greek

בַּעֲלִיס H1185

Baʻălîyç (bah-al-ece') — Baalis, an Ammonitish king

probably from a derivative of H5965 (עָלַס) with prepositional prefix; in exultation;

Who named Baalis in the Bible

Baalis in Scripture

“Baalis” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Jeremiah 40:14

    And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.