Word Study · Strong's H1170 · Hebrew
בַּעַל בְּרִית
Baal Berith
bah'-al ber-eeth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Baʻal Bᵉrîyth
“Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites
Rendered in the KJV as
Baal-berith.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בַ֣עַל1
- בַּ֥עַל1
- בְּרִ֖ית1
- בְּרִ֑ית1
How it is rendered · 2
- Baal-2
- Berith2
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How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)4
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Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 8:33בַּ֥עַלbaalproper noun (a name)And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.here: Baal-
- Judges 8:33בְּרִ֖יתberitproper noun (a name)And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.here: Berith
- Judges 9:4בַ֣עַלbaalproper noun (a name)So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.here: Baal-
- Judges 9:4בְּרִ֑יתberitproper noun (a name)So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.here: Berith