Lexical Definition

‎Βάαλ‎ Báal (bah'-al) Baal ^N:N--T
of Hebrew origin (‎בַּעַל‎)

Baal.

• Baal, a Phœnician deity (used as a symbol of idolatry)

Abbott-Smith

Βάαλ (Rec. βαάλ), ὁ, ἡ, indecl. (Heb. בַּעַל, lord),
Baal: Ro 11:4(LXX). The fem. art. here agrees with the usage of LXX, where, following a similar Hebrew practice (בֹּשֶׁת for בַּעַל), αἰσχύνη appears to have been substituted in reading for the written Βάαλ (cf. III Ki 18:19), and to account for the freq. use of the fem. art. bef. Β. The usage, however, is not general, and in the passage cited in Ro (III Ki 19:18), LXX reads τῷ Β.†

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