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Strong's #1173 - בַּעֲלָה

Transliteration

Baʻălâh

Phonetics

bah-al-aw'

Origin

the same as (H1172)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Baalah = "mistress"
1. another name for Kirjath-jearim or Kirjath-baal; modern Kuriet el Enab
2. a town in the south of Judah, also called Balah and Bilhah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (5)

Joshua 4

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. בַּעֲלָה proper name, of a location Joshua 15:9,10,11,29; 1 Chronicles 13:6 = קִרְיַת בַּעַל Joshua 15:60; Joshua 18:14 ( city of Baal, from a high place of Baal there) = בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה 2 Samuel 6:2 (We Dr read בעל; י added by dittograph; Song of Solomon -called as seat of Baal-worship in Judah, in distinct. from like places elsewhere) = קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Joshua 9:17; see Joshua 15:9; 1 Chronicles 13:6; a city of Judah; ? Kirjat el`Enab Rob^{BR ii. 11} Tristr^Tpg.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בַּעֲלָה [root בַּעַל], f.

(1) mistress; בַּעֲלַת הַבַּיִת 1 Kings 17:17. Metaph. possessed of, endued with any thing; בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב having a familiar spirit (see אוֹב ); בַּעֲלַת כְּשָׁפִים “a sorceress,” Nahum 3:4.

(2) collect, civitas i.q. בְּעָלִים cives (see בַּעַל No. 3 ), like בַּת daughter, for בָּנִים. I thus explain [Baalah], the pr.n. of two cities, of which one

(a) was situated in the northern part of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:9; 1 Chronicles 13:6), called also בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה (“inhabitants of Judah,” see בַּעַל No. 6 letter ), קִרְיַת יְעָרִים (which see) and קִרְיַת־בַּעַל; and it appears to have given its name to Mount Baalah (Joshua 15:11) in the same region, but situated nearer to the sea.

(b) another, situated in the southern part of the same tribe, Joshua 15:29 and it appears to be the same which is elsewhere called בָּלָה Joshua 19:3, and בִּלְהָה 1 Chronicles 4:29, and is attributed to the Simeonites; comp. בַּעַל No. 6, a.

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List of Word Forms

בַּעֲלָ֔ה בַּעֲלָ֔תָה בַּעֲלָ֥ה בעלה בעלתה הַֽבַּעֲלָ֖ה הבעלה מִבַּעֲלָ֥ה מבעלה ba‘ălāh ba‘ălāṯāh ba·‘ă·lā·ṯāh ba·‘ă·lāh baaLah baaLatah hab·ba·‘ă·lāh habba‘ălāh habbaaLah mib·ba·‘ă·lāh mibba‘ălāh mibbaaLah