Baal
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A false deity or idol.
- 2 A Catholic or Orthodox icon of a saint. derogatory, obsolete
- 1 A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC. countable, uncountable
- 2 Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal. countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable
- 3 One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Indeed, by now, although the god of the Shepherds was Baal, to whom they gave the name of Set because already it was well known upon the Nile, the Shepherd kings re-built the temples of Ra and Amun and Ptah, of Isis and of Hathor, that their forefathers had destroyed when first they invaded Egypt, and themselves made offerings in them, acknowledging these divinities."
Etymology
From Late Latin Baal (as in the Vulgate) and Ancient Greek Βάαλ (Báal); from Hebrew בַּעַל (bá`al, “lord, husband, owner”), Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl, “lord, master, owner”) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu, “lord, owner”), all from Proto-Semitic *baʿl- (“owner, lord, husband”).
From Baal.
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