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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1185 - בַּעֲלִיס

Transliteration

Baʻălîyç

Phonetics

bah-al-ece'

Origin

probably from a derivative of (H5965) with prepositional prefix

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Baalis = "lord of the banner: in causing the joy"
1. king of the Ammonites at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Jeremiah 1

BSB (1)

Jeremiah 1

CSB (1)

Jeremiah 1

ESV (1)

Jeremiah 1

KJV (1)

Jeremiah 1

LEB (1)

Jeremiah 1

LSB (1)

Jeremiah 1

N95 (1)

Jeremiah 1

NAS (1)

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Jeremiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בַּעֲלִיס proper name, masculine (Gr^{Monatsschrift, 1885,471} reads בַּעְלִיס; = בֶּןעֲֿלִיס son of delight ? compare below בְּ) king of Ammonites Jeremiah 40:14 (Manuscripts & Jos^{Ant. x. 9}, 2read בעלים).

בְּעֹן see בית בעל מען below בית.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בַּעֲלִיס (i.q. בֶּן עֲלִיס “son of exultation,” see בִּדְקַר), [Baalis], pr.n. of a king of the Ammonites, Jeremiah 40:14. Some copies with Josephus (Arch. ix. 3) read בעלים.

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List of Word Forms

בַּעֲלִ֣יס ׀ בעליס ba‘ălîs ba·‘ă·lîs baaLis