Strong H1170בַּעַל בְּרִית

Baal-berith

Transliteration: ba‛al berîyth
Pronunciation: bah'-al ber-eeth'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind

Definition

From H1168 and H1285; Baal of (the) covenant;
Baal {Berith} a special deity of the Shechemites: - Baal-berith.

Meaning of the name

Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant"

Detailed definition

Baal, a Canaanite god of fertility and weather, and Peor, a Moabite god, were worshipped by the Israelites, leading them into idolatry and disobedience to the Lord.

In the biblical story

Baal-berith

Canaanite god of fertility and weather

Baal, a Canaanite god of fertility and weather, and Peor, a Moabite god, were worshipped by the Israelites, leading them into idolatry and disobedience to the Lord.

In the Bible

Strong H1170 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Judges 8:33
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal–berith their god.
Judges 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.