Baal-zephon
בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹןStrong’s H1189baal tsephon (ba-al tse-phon)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Baal tsephon is the Hebrew word usually translated “baal-” and “zephon”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.”
Meaning
- § Baal Tsphon or Baal-zephon = "lord of the north"
How it's translated
- baal- 3
- zephon 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Numbers 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 14:9But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
- Numbers 33:7And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Hebrew dictionary
בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹן baal tsephon · Baal-zephon
§ Baal Tsphon or Baal-zephon = "lord of the north" a place in Egypt near the Red Sea where Pharaoh and his army were destroyed during the Exodus
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.