• Baal-Gad was a Canaanite town at the foot of Mount Hermon. It is mentioned in the Bible three times, all of them in the Book of Joshua (Josh. 11:17; 12:7;...
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    to teleport himself, Fitz, and Simmons away. Malachi later turns down Baal-Gad's offer to hunt down Fitz and Simmons; revealing that they have a copy of...
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  • subjected pit Baal-berith – lord of the covenant Baale – same as Baalath Baal-gad – lord Gad, or lord of Gad, or lord of fortune/felicity Baal-hamon – he...
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  • Z Baal, "owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife); possessor, controller Baalah Baalath Baalath-Beer Baal-berith Baal-gad Baal-hamon...
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    Baal (/ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl/), or Baʻal, was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during...
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    Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥamon (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍, romanized: Baʿl Ḥamōn), meaning "Lord Hammon", was the chief god of ancient Carthage...
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    Some travellers have attempted to identify Hasbeya with the biblical Baal-Gad or Baal-Hermon. In the New Testament, the mountain is the site of the transfiguration...
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    possible that among those villages were the Old Testament sites of Baal-gad and Baal-Hermon. This is also how Johannes Van Der Ploeg translated the passage...
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    Baalshamin (redirect from Baal Shamim)
    include: Baʿal Shamin, Baʿal Samin, Baʿal-Shamem, Baʿal Shamim, Baʿal Shamem, Baʿalsamem, Baal Shamin, Baal-Samin, Beelsamen, Baʿalsamin, Baal-Samen, Baal-Shamen...
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    Hadad (redirect from Baal Hadad)
    Babylonian Bel.[citation needed] The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed...
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    Baʽal Zephon (Hebrew: בעל צפון‎, romanized: Baʿal Ṣəp̄on, lit. 'Lord of Ṣafon'; Akkadian: Bēl Ḫazi (dIM ḪUR.SAG); Ugaritic: baʿlu ṣapāni; Hurrian: Tešub...
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  • Baʿal Berith (Hebrew: בעל ברית, lit. 'Baʿal of the Covenant') and El Berith (Hebrew: אל ברית, lit. 'God of the Covenant') are titles of a god or gods...
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    the worship of the Hebrew deity Yahweh over that of the Canaanite deity Baal. God also performed many miracles through Elijah, including resurrection...
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    fulfillment that Moses had started. The conquered area is reported to span from Baal-gad in the north and Mount Halak in the south (cf. Joshua 11:17), followed...
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    brides of Baal, and later sources, such as the role of the Phoenician ʿAštart as the consort of Baal, also suggest that ʿAṯtartu was a consort of Baal, although...
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  • bmwt Bamoth-Baal, Bamoth H1120 Joshua 13:17 4 Reuben (east of Jordan) בניברק bnybrq Bene-Berak H1139 Joshua 19:45 1 Dan בעל גד bʿl gd Baal-Gad H1171 Joshua...
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    Gideon (redirect from Jerub-Baal)
    nineteenth-century Strong's Concordance derives the name "Jerubbaal" from "Baal will contend", in accordance with the folk etymology, given in Judges 6:32...
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    Tanit begins to be mentioned before Baal Hammon in inscriptions and bears the title "Face of Baal" (pene Baal), perhaps indicating that she was seen...
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    Gad was the name of the pan-Semitic god of fortune, usually depicted as a male but sometimes as a female, and is attested in ancient records of Aram and...
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    — Mount Halak on the borderland of Edom (Seir) in the far south-east; Baal-gad near Mt. Hermon in the far north. The victory over the kings of the land...
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    goddess,[citation needed] of healing Gad, god of fortune Gupan and Ugar, messenger gods of the weather god Baal, who always appear as a pair. Haurun,...
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    precedes Baal. Two such examples are known, but in six Dagan follows El and Baal. An incantation against snakebite mentions Dagan alongside Baal, while...
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    Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, so is Tannit, which she represents...
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  • Golan Golgotha Goliath Gomer Gomorrah Goshen Gozan Gudgodah Guni Gur Gur-baal Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971...
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    included a variety of Canaanite gods and goddesses, including El, Asherah and Baal. In later centuries, El and Yahweh became conflated and El-linked epithets...
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  • Baal Cycle, he uses his skills on behalf of other deities. In the beginning, El enlists his help with building a temple for Yam. Later he helps Baal in...
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    states that some of the northern Israelites also adored Baal (see 1 Kings 16:31 and the Baal cycle discovered at Ugarit). The reference in Hosea 10 to...
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    Passover may have begun as a ritual connected with the myth of Mot killing Baal, as Baal was the god of rain among the Canaanites and certain other Semitic nations...
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    Anat (section Baal Cycle)
    myths, including the Baal Cycle and the Epic of Aqhat. In the former, she is portrayed as a staunch ally of the weather god Baal, who assists him in his...
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  • latter being an abbreviation of Baal-meon. In the same chapter, verse 38, it is again mentioned between Cariathaim and Baal-meon, and it is found associated...
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