Beel בְּעֵל
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| בְּעֵל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | beel |
| Strong's number | H1169 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | commander |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
Beel (Aramaic בְּעֵל, Strong's H1169) is an Aramaic masculine noun meaning “commander”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
owner, lord
Aramaic of ba.al (בַּעַל ": master" H1167)
Aramaic of ba.al (בַּעַל ": master" H1167)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | chancellor (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | commander (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Beel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 4:8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).