בַּעַל

ba.alBaal
hebrewOld TestamentTitle82 occurrences11 books70 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Baal: A descendant of Reuben
  • Baal: A son of Abiel and descendant of Benjamin
  • Baalath-beer: Town in the Negev, allotted to Simeon
  • Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant"

Definition

the same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity
Traditional renderings: Baal, (plural) Baalim.

Glossary entries

Baal (Idol) Baalath-beer Baal-Peor Peor (Deity) Baal (Person) Bealoth

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

82 total
  1. 2 Kings 23:4לַבַּ֣עַל · for Baal
    Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
  2. 2 Kings 23:5לַבַּ֗עַל · to Baal
    Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
  3. 1 Chronicles 4:33בָּ֑עַל · far as Baal
    …and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:
  4. 1 Chronicles 5:5בַּ֥עַל · Baal
    Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
  5. 1 Chronicles 8:30וּבַ֥עַל · Baal
    …and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
  6. 1 Chronicles 9:36וּבַ֥עַל · Baal
    Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
  7. 2 Chronicles 17:3לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ · the Baals
    Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,
  8. 2 Chronicles 23:17 (2×)הַבַּ֙עַל֙ · of Baal; הַבַּ֔עַל · of Baal
    So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
  9. 2 Chronicles 24:7לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ · for the Baals
    For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:2לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ · of the Baals
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
  11. 2 Chronicles 33:3לַבְּעָלִים֙ · for the Baals
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  12. 2 Chronicles 34:4הַבְּעָלִ֔ים · of the Baals
    Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
  13. Jeremiah 2:8בַבַּ֔עַל · by Baal
    The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
  14. Jeremiah 2:23הַבְּעָלִים֙ · the Baals
    “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
  15. Jeremiah 7:9לַבָּ֑עַל · to Baal
    Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
  16. Jeremiah 9:14הַבְּעָלִ֔ים · the Baals
    Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
  17. Jeremiah 11:13לַבָּֽעַל׃ס · to Baal
    Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
  18. Jeremiah 11:17לַבָּֽעַל׃ס · to Baal
    The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
  19. Jeremiah 12:16בַּבָּ֑עַל · by Baal
    And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
  20. Jeremiah 19:5 (2×)הַבַּ֗עַל · to Baal; לַבָּ֑עַל · to Baal
    They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
  21. Jeremiah 23:13בַבַּ֔עַל · by Baal
    “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
  22. Jeremiah 23:27בַּבָּֽעַל׃ · through the worship of Baal
    They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
  23. Jeremiah 32:29לַבַּ֗עַל · to Baal
    And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
  24. Jeremiah 32:35הַבַּ֜עַל · of Baal
    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
  25. Hosea 2:8לַבָּֽעַל׃ · for Baal
    For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
  26. Hosea 2:13הַבְּעָלִים֙ · of the Baals
    I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
  27. Hosea 2:17הַבְּעָלִ֖ים · of the Baals
    For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
  28. Hosea 11:2לַבְּעָלִ֣ים · to the Baals
    But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
  29. Hosea 13:1בַּבַּ֖עַל · through Baal
    When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
  30. Zephaniah 1:4הַבַּ֔עַל · of Baal
    “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—