Baalah בַּעֲלָה

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Baalah
בַּעֲלָה
Transliterationbaalah
Strong's numberH1172
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossmistress
Occurrences4 in 3 verses
Most frequent in1 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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVhath (2), mistress (2)
BSBwho 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 Kings

Nahum

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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