H1167Noun, masculine84 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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- Genesis 14:13בַּעֲלֵי
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
- Exodus 21:29בִּבְעָלָיו
But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 15:2בַּעַל
This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
- Judges 9:2בַּעֲלֵי
“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- Proverbs 1:19בְּעָלָיו
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11לִבְעָלֶיהָ
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.