Baal

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
2. (countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable) Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
3. (countable, uncountable) One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.

Sinonieme

Ba’al

deity

lord

owner

Vertalings

Baal

بعل

🤵

Baal

Baäl

Baal

Baal

Baal

Bael

Bael

Ba’al

Baal

بعل آمون

بَعْل

Baal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbeɪəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Late Latin Baal (as in the Vulgate) and Ancient Greek Βάαλ (Báal); from Hebrew בַּעַל (bá`al, “lord, husband, owner”), Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl, “lord, master, owner”) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu, “lord, owner”), all from Proto-Semitic *baʿl- (“owner, lord, husband”).