Baal-berith
בַּעַל בְּרִיתStrong’s H1170baal berit (ba-al be-rit)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Baal berit is the Hebrew word usually translated “baal-” and “berith”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.”
Meaning
- § Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant"
How it's translated
- baal- 2
- berith 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
בַּעַל בְּרִית baal berit · Baal-berith
§ Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant" a god of the Philistines
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “baal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BA'AL, noun
An idol among the ancient Chaldeans and Syrians, representing the sun. The word signifies also lord, or commander; and the character of the idol was varied by different nations, at different times. Thus baal Berith is supposed to signify the Lord of the Covenant; baal Peor, or rather baal Phegor, the Lord of the dead. Ps. cvi, baal Zebub, the god of flies, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.