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A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biblical, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences
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Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable
Topics: biblical, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences
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One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A false deity or idol.
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noun
A Catholic or Orthodox icon of a saint.
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Usage: derogatory, obsolete
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noun
any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Semitic deity
History
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל (báʿal)bor. Ancient Greek Βᾰ́ᾰλ (Bắăl)bor. Late Latin Baalder. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)der. Proto-Semitic *baʕl- Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu)der. English Baal 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.
Across languages
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