Word Study · Strong's H1172 · Hebrew
בַּעֲלָה
baalah
bah-al-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: baʻălâh
“a mistress”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a mistress
Rendered in the KJV as
that hath, mistress.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בַּעֲלַ֣ת2
- בַּעֲלַת־1
- בַּֽעֲלַת־1
How it is rendered · 4
- [the] mistress of1
- [the] owner of1
- a mistress of1
- an owner of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
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- HNcfsc · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 28:7בַּעֲלַת־baalat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.here: [the] owner of
- 1 Samuel 28:7בַּֽעֲלַת־baalat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.here: an owner of
Same headword in Strong's