בָּעַל

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• rule: to marry H1166I 12
• rule: to rule H1166H · a Meaning of 2
• Married H1166G · a Name of 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; also as denominative from בַּעַל; to be master; hence, to marry; have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, [idiom] wife).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Genesis 20:3 בְּעֻ֥לַת be.'U.lat · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

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

2. Deuteronomy 22:22 בְעֻֽלַת־ ve.'u.lat- · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

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

3. Deuteronomy 24:1 וּבְעָלָ֑הּ u.ve.'a.Lah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

   When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

4. 1 Chronicles 4:22 בָּעֲל֥וּ ba.'a.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.

5. Proverbs 30:23 תִבָּעֵ֑ל ti.ba.'El · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

6. Isaiah 26:13 בְּעָל֥וּנוּ be.'a.Lu.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

7. Isaiah 54:1 בְעוּלָ֖ה ve.'u.Lah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.

8. Isaiah 54:5 בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙ vo.'a.La.yikh · An -ing word: simple action

   For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

9. Isaiah 62:4 בְּעוּלָ֑ה be.'u.Lah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

10. Isaiah 62:4 תִּבָּעֵֽל׃ ti.ba.'El · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

11. Isaiah 62:5 יִבְעַ֤ל yiv.'Al · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

12. Isaiah 62:5 יִבְעָל֖וּךְ yiv.'a.Lukh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

13. Jeremiah 3:14 בָּעַ֣לְתִּי ba.'Al.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

14. Jeremiah 31:32 בָּעַ֥לְתִּי ba.'Al.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

15. Malachi 2:11 וּבָעַ֖ל u.va.'Al · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.