Bel
בֵּלStrong’s H1078bel
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bel is the Hebrew word usually translated “bel”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.”
Meaning
- § Bel = "lord"
How it's translated
- bel 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 50:2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
- Jeremiah 51:44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Hebrew dictionary
בֵּל bel · Bel
§ Bel = "lord" a chief Babylonian deity
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.