This is the name of Bel: Babylonian god, associated with Marduk.
Definition
by contraction for H1168; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians
Traditional renderings: Bel.
Traditional renderings: Bel.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
3 total
- Isaiah 46:1בֵּל֙ · BelBel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Jeremiah 50:2בֵּל֙ · Bel“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
- Jeremiah 51:44בֵּ֜ל · BelI will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.