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Strong's H1167 בַּעַל (baal)

Baal means “husband” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1167 — deilia (“fear”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1167
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 80
Books 20

Strong's H1167 Quick Answer

Strong's H1167 בַּעַל (ba`al) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ba`al (bah'-al) n-m. 1. a master 2. (hence) a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) It has 80 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include husband, owner, owners, master, and husbands. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ba`al (bah'-al) n-m. 1. a master 2. (hence) a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Usage
80 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
husband, owner, owners, master, and husbands

Meaning and Definition

ba`al (bah'-al) n-m. 1. a master 2. (hence) a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) [from H1166] KJV: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of. Root(s): H1166

Original Word
בַּעַל
Transliteration
ba`al
Derivation
Root: בעל First root strongs: 1166
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1167. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

master

Usage: : master/leader 1) owner, husband, lord 1a) owner 1b) a husband 1c) citizens, inhabitants 1d) rulers, lords 1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams)

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How Strong's H1167 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ba`al, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

husband Exodus 21:22 10× owner Exodus 21:28 owners Job 31:39 master Exodus 22:8 husbands Esther 1:17 master's Isaiah 1:3 masters Ecclesiastes 12:11 were Genesis 14:13

How Strong's H1167 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 80 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1167 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1167 in the Old Testament

80 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 14:13 KJV

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Genesis 20:3 KJV

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 37:19 KJV

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Usage Excerpts

First 80 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1167.

Genesis 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Genesis 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Genesis 37:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Genesis 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Exodus 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Exodus 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus 21:29 Old Testament, KJV
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Exodus 21:34 Old Testament, KJV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:36 Old Testament, KJV
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Exodus 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Exodus 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Exodus 22:14 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Exodus 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
Leviticus 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
Numbers 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Deuteronomy 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
Deuteronomy 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
Deuteronomy 22:22 Old Testament, KJV
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Joshua 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Judges 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
Judges 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judges 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
Judges 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
Judges 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Judges 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Judges 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
Judges 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Judges 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Judges 9:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges 9:46 Old Testament, KJV
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Judges 9:47 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Judges 9:51 Old Testament, KJV
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
Judges 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Judges 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
1 Samuel 23:11 Old Testament, KJV
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
1 Samuel 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
2 Samuel 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
2 Samuel 11:26 Old Testament, KJV
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2 Samuel 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
2 Kings 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Nehemiah 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
Esther 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
Esther 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
Job 31:39 Old Testament, KJV
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Proverbs 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Proverbs 3:27 Old Testament, KJV
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Proverbs 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 23:2 Old Testament, KJV
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Proverbs 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 31:11 Old Testament, KJV
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Proverbs 31:23 Old Testament, KJV
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Proverbs 31:28 Old Testament, KJV
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Ecclesiastes 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Ecclesiastes 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Isaiah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Isaiah 41:15 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Isaiah 50:8 Old Testament, KJV
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Jeremiah 37:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Daniel 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Daniel 8:20 Old Testament, KJV
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Joel 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Nahum 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1167, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 12 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 17 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 14 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 7 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1167 FAQ

What does baal (בַּעַל) mean?

Baal (Strong's H1167) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "husband". ba`al (bah'-al) n-m. 1. a master 2. (hence) a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

How many times is baal (בַּעַל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 80 linked usages for Strong's H1167 across 20 books.

Where can I study baal (בַּעַל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1167 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate baal (בַּעַל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as husband, owner, owners, master, husbands, and were. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.