baal

5 definitions found

baal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Baal \Ba"al\ (b[=a]"al), n.; Heb. pl. Baalim (-[i^]m). [Heb.
     ba'al lord.]
     1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and
        Canaanitish nations.
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     Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and
           elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering
           to the different ideas of his character; as,
           Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of
           the fly).
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     2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal
        was applied. --Judges x. 6.
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  Bel \Bel\, n.
     The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as
     Baal. See Baal. --Baruch vi. 41.
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baal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Baal
      n 1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities
           worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews
           considered Baal a false god

baal - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Baal
  lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of
  the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural
  BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17).
  Baal is identified with Molech (Jer. 19:5). It was known to the
  Israelites as Baal-peor (Num. 25:3; Deut. 4:3), was worshipped
  till the time of Samuel (1 Sam 7:4), and was afterwards the
  religion of the ten tribes in the time of Ahab (1 Kings
  16:31-33; 18:19, 22). It prevailed also for a time in the
  kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 8:27; comp. 11:18; 16:3; 2 Chr. 28:2),
  till finally put an end to by the severe discipline of the
  Captivity (Zeph. 1:4-6). The priests of Baal were in great
  numbers (1 Kings 18:19), and of various classes (2 Kings 10:19).
  Their mode of offering sacrifices is described in 1 Kings
  18:25-29. The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or
  "lord," was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each
  locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were
  summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords." Each Baal had a
  wife, who was a colourless reflection of himself.
  
    (2.) A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the
  Gibeonites (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).
  
    (3.) The name of a place inhabited by the Simeonites, the same
  probably as Baal-ath-beer (1 Chr. 4:33; Josh. 19:8).

baal - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "Baal":
     Adad, Adapa, Anu, Anunaki, Ashtoreth, Ashur, Astarte, Beltu, Ceres,
     Dagon, Damkina, Demeter, Dionysus, Dumuzi, Ea, Enlil, Ereshkigal,
     Frey, Gibil, Girru, Gish Bar, Gishzida, Gula, Igigi, Inanna,
     Isimud, Isis, Juggernaut, Ki, Lahmu, Mama, Marduk, Merodach,
     Moloch, Nabu, Nammu, Namtar, Nanna, Nebo, Nergal, Neti, Nina,
     Ningal, Ningirsu, Ninhursag, Ninlil, Ninmah, Ninsar, Nintoo, Nusku,
     Pan, Papsukai, Priapus, Ramman, Shala, Shamash, Sin, Utnapishtim,
     Uttu, Utu, Zarpanit, Zubird, devil-god, fetish, golden calf,
     graven image, idol, joss