Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1167: בַּעַל

baʻal · pronounced bah'-al · “master”

Definition

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

KJV translates it as: [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.

Word origin: from H1166 (בָּעַל);

Extended definition

: master/leader
1) owner, husband, lord
1a) owner
1b) a husband
1c) citizens, inhabitants
1d) rulers, lords
1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1167 is translated

  • the citizens of ×21
  • its ×18
  • her ×7
  • the master of ×5
  • a husband ×3
  • a master of ×3
  • masters of ×2
  • the husband of ×2
  • the owner of ×2
  • an owner of ×2
  • their ×2
  • the possessor of ×2

Bible verses with H1167 (baʻal)

Baʻal appears in 80 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 14:13

    And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

  • Genesis 20:3

    But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

  • Genesis 37:19

    And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

  • Genesis 49:23

    The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

  • Exodus 21:3

    If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

  • Exodus 21:22

    If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

  • Exodus 21:28

    If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

  • Exodus 21:29

    But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

  • Exodus 21:34

    The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

  • Exodus 21:36

    Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

  • Exodus 22:8

    If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.

  • Exodus 22:11

    Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

  • Exodus 22:12

    And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

  • Exodus 22:14

    And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

  • Exodus 22:15

    But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

  • Exodus 24:14

    And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

  • Leviticus 21:4

    But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

  • Numbers 21:28

    For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

  • Deuteronomy 15:2

    And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.

  • Deuteronomy 21:13

    And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

  • Deuteronomy 22:22

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 24:4

    Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Joshua 24:11

    And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

  • Judges 9:2

    Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

  • Judges 9:3

    And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

All 80 references

Words derived from H1167