H1167 - בַּעַל (baʻal)

H1167 בַּעַל (baʻal) bah'-al

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

master

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: from H1166 (בָּעַל);

KJV Usage: [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.

TWOT Reference: 262a

Outline of Biblical Usage

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)

1f) lord (used of foreign gods)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G152 G272 G435 G444 G758 G896 G954 G1497 G1729 G2192 G2233 G2634 G2730 G2932 G2962 G4924 G5530

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

: 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)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בַּעַל ba‛al BDB Definition: 1) owner, husband, lord 1a) owner 1b) a husband 1c) citizens, inhabitants 1d) rulers, lords 1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise i.e., master of dreams) 1f) lord (used of foreign gods) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1166 Same Word by TWOT Number: 262a Total KJV Occurrences: 87

Bible Occurrences (79)

14:13 20:3 37:19 49:23

21:3 21:22 21:28 21:29 21:34 21:36 22:8 22:11 22:12 22:14 22:15 24:14

21:4

21:28

15:2 22:22 24:4

24:11

9:2 9:3 9:6 9:7 9:18 9:20 9:23 9:24 9:25 9:26 9:39 9:46 9:47 9:51 19:22 19:23 20:5

23:11 23:12

1:6 11:26 21:12

1:8

6:18

1:17 1:20

31:39

1:17 1:19 3:27 12:4 16:22 17:8 18:9 22:24 23:2 24:8 29:22 31:11 31:23 31:28

5:11 5:13 7:12 8:8 10:11 10:20 12:11

1:3 16:8 41:15 50:8

37:13

8:6 8:20

1:8

1:2

Genesis 14:13

Then an escapee came and reported [this] to Abram the Hebrew. Now [Abram] was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol [and] Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Genesis 20:3

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.

Genesis 37:19

Here comes that dreamer...! they said to one another.

Genesis 49:23

The archers... attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Exodus 21:3

If he arrived alone..., he is to leave alone...; if... he arrived with a wife, [she] is to leave with him.

Exodus 21:22

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no [further] injury, he shall surely be fined... as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows....

Exodus 21:28

If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned..., and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

Exodus 21:29

But if the ox has a habit... of goring,... and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.