Baal (בַּעַל, Strong's H1167) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense). The King James Bible translates it as archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

What is the Strong's number for Baal?

The Strong's number for Baal (בַּעַל) is H1167. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Baal (Strong’s H1167): Meaning in the Bible

Baal (בַּעַל) is the Hebrew word numbered H1167 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense). In the King James Bible it is translated archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man.

בַּעַל

baʻal · Hebrew

Strong’s H1167 · bah'-al

Original wordבַּעַל
Transliterationbaʻal
Pronunciationbah'-al
Part of speechnoun (masculine) (n-m)
Strong’s numberH1167
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Derivation. from H1166;

How the King James Bible translates it

archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Baal in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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