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Pronunciation : Ba"al
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Heb. ba'al lord.]
Definition : 1. (Myth.)

Defn: The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly).

2. pl.

Defn: The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.

Heb. pl. Baalim (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913