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בַּעַל בְּרִית

ba.al be.ritBaal-berith
hebrewOld TestamentTitle4 occurrences1 book2 verses
This is the name of Baal-berith: Canaanite god of fertility and weather.

Definition

from H1168 and H1285; Baal of (the) covenant; Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites
Traditional renderings: Baal-berith.

Glossary entries

Baal-Berith El-berith

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Judges 8:33 (2×)בַּ֥עַל; בְּרִ֖ית · Baal-berith
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  2. Judges 9:4 (2×)בַ֣עַל; בְּרִ֑ית · of Baal-berith
    So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.