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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Theophory in the Bible (section Baal theophory)
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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Elijah (section Challenge to Baal)
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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Astarte (section As consort of Baal)
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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Dagon (section Dagan, El, and Baal's parentage)
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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Kothar-wa-Khasis (section Baal Cycle)
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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