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Baalah

בַּעֲלָהStrong’s H7157

baalah (ba-a-lah)

Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Baalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “jearim”, “kiriath” and “from kiriath”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.”
Joshua 9:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Baalah = "mistress"
How it's translated
  • jearim 18
  • kiriath 14
  • from kiriath 3
  • at kiriath 2
  • and kiriath 1
  • arim 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 6
  • 1 Chronicles 5
  • 1 Samuel 3
  • Judges 1
  • 2 Chronicles 1
  • Ezra 1

8 books in all.

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בַּעֲלָה baalah · Baalah

Baalah = "mistress" or Kirjath-baal; modern Kuriet el Enab Another name of qir.yat ye.a.rim (קִרְיַת יְעָרִים "Kiriath-jearim" H7157)

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.