H1170: בַּעַל בְּרִית
Baʻal Bᵉrîyth · pronounced bah'-al ber-eeth' · “Baal-berith”
Definition
Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites
KJV translates it as: Baal-berith.
Word origin: from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H1285 (בְּרִית); Baal of (the) covenant;
Extended definition
§ Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant"
a god of the Philistines
a god of the Philistines
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1170 is translated
- baal- ×2
- berith ×2
Bible verses with H1170 (Baʻal Bᵉrîyth)
Baʻal bᵉrîyth appears in 2 verses.
- Judges 8:33
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.
- Judges 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.