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Baal.

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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name/ˈbeɪəl/UK/ˈbeɪl/UK/ˈbɑːl/UK/ˈbeɪəl/US
  1. A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.

    countable · lowercase · sometimes · uncountable
  3. One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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”).

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