Baalah בַּעֲלָה
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| בַּעֲלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | baalah |
| Strong's number | H1172 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | mistress |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (1) |
Baalah (Hebrew בַּעֲלָה, Strong's H1172) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “mistress”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) mistress, female owner
2) sorceress, necromancer (noun of relationship)
2) sorceress, necromancer (noun of relationship)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hath (2), mistress (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | who is (1), who owned (1), mistress (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Baalah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 28:7Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En–dor.Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 17:17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
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).