Baal kore
an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the torah.
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- Baal-berith
baal-berith covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in shechem after the death of gideon (judg. 8:33; 9:4). in 9:46 he is called simply “the god berith.” the name denotes the god of the covenant into which the israelites entered with the canaanites, contrary to the command of jehovah (ex. 34:12), when they began […]
- Baal-hamon
baal-hamon place of a mult-tude, a place where solomon had an extensive vineyard (cant. 8:11). it has been supposed to be identical with baal-gad, and also with hammon in the tribe of asher (josh. 19:28). others identify it with belamon, in central palestine, near dothaim.
- Baal-gad
baal-gad lord of fortune, or troop of baal, a canaanite city in the valley of lebanon at the foot of hermon, hence called baal-hermon (judge. 3:3; 1 chr. 5:23), near the source of the jordan (josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). it was the most northern point to which joshua’s conquests extended. it probably derived its name […]
- Baal-hanan
baal-hanan lord of grace. (1.) a king of edom, son of achbor (gen. 36:38, 39; 1 chr. 1:49, 50). (2.) an overseer of “the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains” (the shephelah) under david (1 chr. 27:28).
- Baal-hazor
baal-hazor having a courtyard, or baal’s village, the place on the borders of ephraim and benjamin where absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when amnon was -ss-ssinated (2 sam. 13:23). probably it is the same with hazor (neh. 11:33), now tell’ asur, 5 miles north-east of bethel. historical examples a sheepshearing at baal-hazor gave occasion […]