"Baal" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbeɪəl/ [UK], /ˈbeɪl/ [UK], /ˈbɑːl/ [UK], /ˈbeɪəl/ [US], /ˈbeɪl/ [US], /ˈbɑːl/ [US], /bɑːˈɑːl/ [US] Forms: Baals [plural], Baalim [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪəl, -eɪl, -ɑːl 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|Baal}} Late Latin Baal, {{der|en|grc|Βάαλ}} Ancient Greek Βάαλ (Báal), {{der|en|he|בַּעַל|t=lord, husband, owner|tr=bá`al}} Hebrew בַּעַל (bá`al, “lord, husband, owner”), {{der|en|phn|𐤁𐤏𐤋|t=lord, master, owner|tr=bʿl}} Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl, “lord, master, owner”), {{der|en|uga|𐎁𐎓𐎍|t=lord, owner|tr=baʿlu}} Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu, “lord, owner”), {{der|en|sem-pro|*baʿl-||owner, lord, husband}} Proto-Semitic *baʿl- (“owner, lord, husband”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Baals|Baalim}} Baal (countable and uncountable, plural Baals or Baalim)
  1. (mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bible, Mythology, Gods
    Sense id: en-Baal-en-name-VOi00DmR Disambiguation of Gods: 42 44 13 Topics: biblical, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences
  2. (mythology, biblical, sometimes lowercase) Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal. Tags: countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable Categories (topical): Bible, Mythology, Ancient Near East, Biblical characters, Gods Synonyms: Baʿal, Ba'al, Baʻl Derived forms: Baal-gad, Baalism, Baalist, Baalite, Baalzebub Related terms: Bel, Beelzebub, Beelzebul, Baal-Shem-Tov
    Sense id: en-Baal-en-name-t30UtEgo Disambiguation of Ancient Near East: 34 42 24 Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 21 54 25 Disambiguation of Gods: 42 44 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 42 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 58 22 Disambiguation of Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 14 10 25 9 10 9 11 8 2 0 1 Topics: biblical, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences
  3. (Christianity) One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity, Gods
    Sense id: en-Baal-en-name-73htoA8t Disambiguation of Gods: 42 44 13 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (deity): Βάαλ (Báal) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), بَعْل (baʕl) [masculine] (Arabic), בעל (bʾl) (Aramaic), 巴力 (Bālì) (Chinese Mandarin), Baalo (Esperanto), Baal [masculine] (German), Βάαλ (Váal) [masculine] (Greek), בעל (Ba'al) (Hebrew), バアル (Baaru) (Japanese), バール (Bāru) (Japanese), 바알 (Baal) (Korean), Ɓaali (Maore Comorian), بعل (ba'l) (Persian), Baal [masculine] (Polish), Baal [masculine] (Portuguese), Ваа́л (Vaál) [masculine] (Russian), Баъл (Baʾl) (Tajik), บาอัล (Thai), بعل (ba'l) [masculine] (Urdu), Baʼl (Uzbek), Ba-an (Vietnamese), Ba-anh (Vietnamese), Ba Anh (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'deity': 47 41 12

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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Hebrew",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪəl",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɑːl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːl/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːl/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːl",
    "Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːl/1 syllable",
    "Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Saterland Frisian lemmas",
    "Saterland Frisian masculine nouns",
    "Saterland Frisian nouns",
    "Saterland Frisian semantic loans from German",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from French",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from German",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old French",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
    "Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "en:Ancient Near East",
    "en:Biblical characters",
    "en:Gods",
    "stq:Dances",
    "stq:Sports"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Baal-gad"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baalism"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baalist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baalite"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baalzebub"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "Baal"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Βάαλ"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "בַּעַל",
        "t": "lord, husband, owner",
        "tr": "bá`al"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בַּעַל (bá`al, “lord, husband, owner”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phn",
        "3": "𐤁𐤏𐤋",
        "t": "lord, master, owner",
        "tr": "bʿl"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl, “lord, master, owner”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "uga",
        "3": "𐎁𐎓𐎍",
        "t": "lord, owner",
        "tr": "baʿlu"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu, “lord, owner”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*baʿl-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "owner, lord, husband"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *baʿl- (“owner, lord, husband”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Baals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Baalim",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
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        "3": "Baalim"
      },
      "expansion": "Baal (countable and uncountable, plural Baals or Baalim)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Bel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beelzebub"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beelzebul"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baal-Shem-Tov"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Bible",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC."
      ],
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          "mythology",
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          "biblical",
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        ],
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          "storm",
          "storm"
        ],
        [
          "fertility",
          "fertility"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "Phoenician",
          "Phoenician"
        ],
        [
          "Canaanite",
          "Canaanite"
        ],
        [
          "pantheon",
          "pantheon"
        ],
        [
          "reckon",
          "reckon"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "millennium",
          "millennium"
        ],
        [
          "BC",
          "BC"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Bible",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
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          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
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          "Various",
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        ],
        [
          "other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "Baalim",
          "Baalim"
        ],
        [
          "understood",
          "understood"
        ],
        [
          "distinct",
          "distinct"
        ],
        [
          "patron",
          "patron"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "local",
          "local"
        ],
        [
          "aspects",
          "aspects"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology, biblical, sometimes lowercase) Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "lowercase",
        "sometimes",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ],
        [
          "fallen",
          "fallen"
        ],
        [
          "angel",
          "angel"
        ],
        [
          "Satan",
          "Satan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeɪəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɑːl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeɪəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɑːl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑːˈɑːl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bail"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bale"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "boll (some US speakers)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ball"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bawl (some US speakers)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Baʿal"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ba'al"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baʻl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baʕl",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَعْل"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "bʾl",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "בעל"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bālì",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "巴力"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Baalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Váal",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Βάαλ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Báal",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Βάαλ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Ba'al",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "בעל"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Baaru",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "バアル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Bāru",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "バール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Baal",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "바알"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Ɓaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ba'l",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "بعل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vaál",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ваа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Baʾl",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Баъл"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "บาอัล"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ba'l",
      "sense": "deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بعل"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Baʼl"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Ba-an"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Ba-anh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "deity",
      "word": "Ba Anh"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ba'al"
  ],
  "word": "Baal"
}

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