Strong's Concordance Bel: a chief Bab. deity Original Word: בֵּלPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Bel Phonetic Spelling: (bale) Short Definition: Bel Brown-Driver-Briggs בֵּל proper name, masculine a chief Babylonian deity (Babylonian Bêlu = בַּעַל, lord; Bêl regarded as older form than בַּעַל by HptHebraica. i. 178; BAS i. 17) = Merodach (compare מרדך), tutelary god of Babylon (to be distinguished from older Bêlu, one of ancient Babylonian triad) Jeremiah 50:2 ("" מְרֹדַךְ) Jeremiah 51:44; Isaiah 46:1 ("" נְבֹו) — both writers of Babylonian period; — on Bel see COT Genesis 11:4; Judges 2:11; SayRel. Babylonian 103, 110 JenKosmologie 24, 134, 307, 391. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Bel By contraction for Ba'al; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians -- Bel. see HEBREW Ba'al Forms and Transliterations בֵּ֜ל בֵּל֙ בל bel bêlLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 10783 Occurrences bêl — 3 Occ. Isaiah 46:1 HEB: כָּרַ֥ע בֵּל֙ קֹרֵ֣ס נְב֔וֹ NAS: Bel has bowed down, Nebo KJV: Bel boweth down, Nebo INT: has bowed Bel stoops Nebo Jeremiah 50:2 Jeremiah 51:44 |
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