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baal
/ˈbɑːl/
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What does baal mean?
noun
- A false deity or idol.
proper noun
- A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
- Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.
noun
- (derogatory, obsolete) A Catholic or Orthodox icon of a saint.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɑːl/
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God sent an angel from heaven to tell Gideon to smash up the altar and image of Baal.
The god Bel of the legend was the Baal of the Phoenicians, who, as we shall show, were of Atlantean origin.
More book examples (3)
Sinai, still they were constantly lapsing into the worship of Baal and Ashtaroth, which fact shows how deeply rooted was the belief in a dual or triune God.
For this would be to halt between two opinions, to worship Baal, and to kiss the hand to him, which is a very great iniquity, as Job says.
The second scene is carried out to somewhat greater length, corresponding nearly to the last half of the first part of "Elijah," from the point where the challenge is given to the prophets of Baal.