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)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בָּעַל vb. marry, rule over
Qal
1. marry
2. rule over
Niph. be married
Every occurrence
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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.