בַּעַל

ba.al · master

Hebrew · Strong's H1167 · Noun · Sounds like: bah'-al · 84 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • master H1167G 35
  • master: husband H1167H · a Meaning of 14
  • master: men H1167I · a Meaning of 13
  • master: [master of] H1167K · a Meaning of 13
  • master: owning H1167J · a Meaning of 9

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בַּעַל 166 n.m. owner, lord
I.
1. owner
2. husband
3. citizens, inhabitants
4. rulers, lords
5. n. of relation
II. Esp. lord, specif. as divine name, Baal.

Every occurrence

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:11 לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ liv.'a.Lei.ha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?

  2. Ecclesiastes 5:13 לִבְעָלָ֖יו liv.'a.Lav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:12 בְעָלֶֽיהָ׃ ve.'a.Lei.ha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

  4. Ecclesiastes 8:8 בְּעָלָֽיו׃ be.'a.Lav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

  5. Ecclesiastes 10:11 לְבַ֖עַל le.Va.'al · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

  6. Ecclesiastes 10:20 וּבַ֥עַל u.Va.'al · A person, place or thing

    Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

  7. Ecclesiastes 12:11 בַּעֲלֵ֣י ba.'a.Lei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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