Legacy Standard Bible

בַּעַל

baal

H1167 · Hebrew / Aramaic

(127b); from 1166; owner, lord:--

LSB renderings

archers*(1), bird*(1), bridegroom(1), charmer*(1), citizens(1), covenant*(1), creditor*(1), dominant(1), dreamer*(1), has a judgment*(1), husband(8), husbands(2), lords(17), man(3), married*(2), master(2), master's(1), masters(4), men(4), one who has(1), owner(14), owners(1), possessors(1), relative by marriage(1), schemer*(1), sworn(1), those to whom it is due(1), wrathful*(1).

Occurs in 15 versesrendered “lords” · Show all renderings

  • Judg 9:2“Speak, now, in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”
  • Judg 9:3And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem; and they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our relative.”
  • Judg 9:6Then all the lords of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.
  • Judg 9:7Then they told Jotham, so he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, “Listen to me, O lords of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
  • Judg 9:18but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your relative—
  • Judg 9:20“But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
  • Judg 9:23Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem; and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
  • Judg 9:24so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
  • Judg 9:25And the lords of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:26Then Gaal the son of Ebed came with his relatives, and they crossed over into Shechem; and the lords of Shechem put their trust in him.
  • Judg 9:39So Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:46Then all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard of it, and they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
  • Judg 9:47And it was told to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
  • Judg 9:51But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the lords of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.
  • Isa 16:8For the fields of Heshbon have languished, the vines of Sibmah as well;The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clustersWhich reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.