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Baal

//ˈbeɪəl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal. countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable
  3. 3
    One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A false deity or idol.
  2. 2
    A Catholic or Orthodox icon of a saint. derogatory, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From Baal.

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