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Saturday, July 26th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1166 - בָּעַל

Transliteration

bâʻal

Phonetics

baw-al'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

262

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to marry, rule over, possess, own
1. (Qal)
  1. to marry, be lord (husband) over
  2. to rule over
2. (Niphal) to be married

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (15)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

BSB (15)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

CSB (13)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 2

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

ESV (15)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

KJV (16)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

LEB (14)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

LSB (21)

Deuteronomy 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 1

N95 (16)

Deuteronomy 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

NAS (21)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

Ruth 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

1 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

ASV (15)

although i was a husband 1

and hath married 1

and marrieth 1

beulah 1

for i am a husband 1

in unto her, and be her husband 1

is thy husband 1

married 1

marrieth 1

marry 1

of the married wife 1

shall be married 1

who had dominion 1

wife 1

woman when she is married 1

BSB (15)

am your master 1

and be her husband 1

beulah 1

by marrying 1

have had dominion 1

is a married 1

marries 3

of her who has a husband 1

ruled 1

was a husband 1

will be his bride 1

will marry you 1

your husband 1

CSB (13)

husband 2

married 4

marries 2

master 1

of the married woman 1

over us 1

will be married 1

will marry you 1

ESV (15)

husband 4

married 4

marries 2

marry 1

master 1

ruled 2

wife 1

KJV (16)

beulah 1

dominion 2

husband 3

married 6

marrieth 1

marry 1

wife 2

LEB (14)

am your master⌋ 1

and has married 1

and he marries 1

in 1

married 1

marries 1

marry you 1

ruled 1

shall be married 1

she gets married 1

the married woman 1

was a master over them 1

you ruled over us 1

your husband 1

LSB (21)

a 3

am 1

gets 1

high 1

husband 4

married 4

marries 2

marry 1

master 1

ruled 2

was 1

N95 (16)

gets 1

high 1

husband 4

married 4

marries 2

marry 1

master 1

ruled 2

NAS (21)

a 3

am 1

become 1

gets 1

husband 4

married 4

marries 2

marry 1

master 1

ruled 2

was 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

although i was a husband 1

and has married 1

and marries 1

beulah 1

for i am a husband 1

is your husband 1

married 1

marries 1

of the married wife 1

shall be married 1

shall marry 1

who had dominion 1

wife 1

woman when she is married 1

you have had dominion 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2027) l o b (באהל BAhL) AC: Rule CO: Master AB: ?: [from: lo- as a yoke which binds the master to the servant.]

V) l o b (באהל BAhL) - Rule: KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Niphal) marry, husband, dominion, wife - Strongs: H1166 (בָּעַל)

N^m) l o b (באהל BAhL) - Master: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (85): man, owner, husband, master, lord - Strongs: H1167 (בַּעַל), H1169 (בְּעֵל)

N^f1) e l o b (באהלה BAhLH) - Mistress: KJV (4): mistress, hath - Strongs: H1172 (בַּעֲלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בָּעַל verb marry, rule over (compare Arabic

= own, possess, especially a wife or concubine; Ethiopic

to be rich, Assyrian bâlu, rule COT^Gloss, Aramaic בְּעַל take possession of wife or concubine) ** Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32 AW JosKi Thes, comparing Arabic

be disguated, derive from II. בָּעַל loathe (followed by בְּ); so Buhl: Gie Du Co in Jeremiah 31:32 read גָּעַלְתִּי (treating Jeremiah 3:14 as I. בָּעַל). —

Qal Perfect Malachi 2:11 6t.; Imperfect יִבְעַל Isaiah 62:5 (twice in verse); Participle suffix בֹּעֲלַיִךְ Isaiah 54:5; passive feminine בְּעוּלָה Isaiah 54:1 3t.; —

1 marry Genesis 20:3 (E) Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 24:1; Isaiah 54:1,5; Isaiah 62:4,5 (twice in verse); Malachi 2:11; followed by בְּ Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 31:32 be lord (husband) over.

2 rule over 1 Chronicles 4:22 (followed by לְ) Isaiah 26:13.

Niph`al Imperfect תִּבָּעֵל Proverbs 30:23; Isaiah 62:4 be married.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּעַל fut. יִבְעַל.

(1) to have dominion over, to possess (Ethiop. በዐለ፡ to possess much, to be rich; ብዑል፡ rich). Isaiah 26:13, בְּעָלוּנוּ אֲדֹנִים זוּלָתֶךָ “lords besides thee have possessed us;” followed by לְ 1 Chronicles 4:22.

(2) to take a wife, like ملك to have dominion over, to take a wife (Arab. بَعَلَ, Syr. ܒܥܰܠ id.). Deuteronomy 21:13, 24:1 Malachi 2:11; Isaiah 62:5 part. act. בּוֹעֲלַיִךְ plur. majest. thy husband, Isaiah 54:5 part. בְּעוּלָה ibid. 1 and בְּעוּלַת בַּעַל she who is married, married to a husband, Genesis 20:3; Deuteronomy 22:22 metaph. used of a land once desolate, now re-inhabited, Isaiah 62:4.

(3) בָּעַל בְּ prob. to loathe, to reject; Jeremiah 3:14, שׁוּבוּ בָנִים שׁוֹבָבִים … כִּי אָנֹכִי בָּעַלְתִּי בָכֶם “turn, O ye rebellious children … for I have rejected you;” Jeremiah 31:32, “they brake my covenant וְאָנֹכִי בָּעַלְתִּי בָם and I rejected them;” LXX. κἀγὼ ἠμέλησα αὐτῶν (compare Hebrews 8:9); so also Syr., Abulwalid, and other ancient interpreters; see Pococke ad Port. Mosis, p. 5-10; and compare Arab. بَعِلَ followed by ب to fear, to loathe. In chap. 31, the common signification may do, if it be rendered “although (וְאָנֹכִי) I was their lord,” but it gives a harsh sense; and what weighs with me more, the signification of loathing is not foreign to the primary power of the verb. For there are also other verbs, in which the sense of subduing, being high over, ruling, is applied to the signification of looking down upon, despising, contemning, as ابس to subdue, followed by ب to despise; خبق V. to be high; Conj. I. to look down upon, to contemn.

Niphal, to become the wife of, Proverbs 30:23 metaph. Isaiah 62:4.

[Derivatives בָּעַל-בְּעַלְיָה, בַּעֲלָת.]

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List of Word Forms

בְּעָל֥וּנוּ בְּעֻ֥לַת בְּעוּלָ֑ה בְעֻֽלַת־ בְעוּלָ֖ה בָּעֲל֥וּ בָּעַ֣לְתִּי בָּעַ֥לְתִּי בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙ בעולה בעלו בעלונו בעליך בעלת בעלת־ בעלתי וּבְעָלָ֑הּ וּבָעַ֖ל ובעל ובעלה יִבְעַ֤ל יִבְעָל֖וּךְ יבעל יבעלוך תִּבָּעֵֽל׃ תִבָּעֵ֑ל תבעל תבעל׃ bā‘altî bā‘ălū bā·‘ă·lū bā·‘al·tî baAlti baaLu bə‘ālūnū bə‘ūlāh ḇə‘ūlāh bə‘ulaṯ ḇə‘ulaṯ- bə·‘ā·lū·nū bə·‘ū·lāh ḇə·‘ū·lāh bə·‘u·laṯ ḇə·‘u·laṯ- beaLunu beuLah beUlat ḇō‘ălayiḵ ḇō·‘ă·la·yiḵ tib·bā·‘êl ṯib·bā·‘êl tibbā‘êl ṯibbā‘êl tibbaEl ū·ḇā·‘al ū·ḇə·‘ā·lāh ūḇā‘al ūḇə‘ālāh uvaAl uveaLah veuLah veulat voaLayich yiḇ‘al yiḇ‘ālūḵ yiḇ·‘ā·lūḵ yiḇ·‘al yivAl yivaLuch