בָּעַל

ba.alMarried
hebrewOld TestamentName of a woman16 occurrences7 books14 verses
This is the name of the place Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions.

Definition

a primitive root; also as denominative from H1167 to be master; hence, to marry
Traditional renderings: have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).

Glossary entries

Zion Jerusalem Jebus, Jebusite Salem Ariel (Place) Hephzibah

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

16 total
  1. Genesis 20:3בְּעֻ֥לַת · is a married
    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:13וּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּ · and be her husband
    …and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
  3. Deuteronomy 22:22בְעֻֽלַת־
    If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
  4. Deuteronomy 24:1וּבְעָלָ֑הּ · marries
    If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:22בָּעֲל֥וּ · ruled
    Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)
  6. Proverbs 30:23תִבָּעֵ֑ל · marries
    …an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
  7. Isaiah 26:13בְּעָל֥וּנוּ · have ruled over us
    O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
  8. Isaiah 54:1בְעוּלָ֖ה · of her who has a husband
    “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
  9. Isaiah 54:5בֹעֲלַ֙יִךְ֙ · your husband
    For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  10. Isaiah 62:4 (2×)בְּעוּלָ֑ה · Beulah; תִּבָּעֵֽל׃ · will be His bride
    No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
  11. Isaiah 62:5 (2×)יִבְעַ֤ל · marries; יִבְעָל֖וּךְ · will marry you
    For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
  12. Jeremiah 3:14בָּעַ֣לְתִּי · am your master
    “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
  13. Jeremiah 31:32בָּעַ֥לְתִּי · was a husband
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
  14. Malachi 2:11וּבָעַ֖ל · by marrying
    Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.