Strong H1171בַּ֫עַל גָּד
Baal-gad
- Transliteration
- ba‛al gâd
- Pronunciation
- bah'-al gawd
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Baal-gad = "lord of fortune"
Detailed definition
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the biblical story
Hermon Mount
Mountain on the northern border of Israel
Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1 Chr 5:23; Ps 29:6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Song 4:8; 8:11; Jer 18:14; Ezek 27:5).
In the Bible
Strong H1171 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gad3
First verses
- Joshua 11:17Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
- Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Joshua 13:5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.