H1078: בֵּל
Bêl · pronounced bale · “Bel”
Definition
Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians
KJV translates it as: Bel.
Word origin: by contraction for H1168 (בַּעַל);
Extended definition
a chief Babylonian deity
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1078 is translated
- bel ×3
Bible verses with H1078 (Bêl)
Bêl appears in 3 verses.
- Isaiah 46:1
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
- Jeremiah 50:2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
- Jeremiah 51:44
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.