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Baʻl

Baʻl is the alternative form of Baal.

Meaning of Baal

Proper noun

Baal (countable and uncountable, plural Baals or Baalim)

  1. A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
    • 25 And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you one bullocke for your selues, and dresse it first, for yee are many: and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder.
    • 26 And they took the bullocke which was giuen them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning, euen vntil noone, saying, O Baal, heare vs. But there was no voyce, nor any that answered: And they leapt vpon the altar which was made.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 18:25–26
  2. (lowercase, sometimes) Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
  3. One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.

See all 5 meanings of baal

Origin of Baʻl

Unadapted borrowing from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.

Questions about Baʻl

What is Baʻl the alternative form of?
Baʻl is the alternative form of Baal.

Words near Baʻl in the dictionary

  1. Bașeu
  2. Baʻath
  3. Baʻathism
  4. Baʻathist
  5. Baʻathists
  6. Baʻl
  7. Baʻlabakk
  8. Baʻth
  9. Baʻthi
  10. Baʻthism
  11. Baʻthist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Baʻl (page history and authors); Baal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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