Baʻal Gâd — H1171
H1171 · Hebrew — בעל
Pronunciation: bah'-al gawd
Definition
locative proper noun
Baal-Gad, a place in Syria
- Baal-gad = "lord of fortune"
- a city noted for Baal-worship, located at the most northern or northwestern point to which Joshua's victories extended
Usually translated as
Baal-gad
Origin
from H1168 and H1409; Baal of Fortune
Occurrences
Baʻal Gâd occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3)
- Joshua 11:17 — Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad (בַּ֤עַל) in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
- Joshua 12:7 — And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad (מִבַּ֤עַל) in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Joshua 13:5 — And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad (מִבַּ֣עַל) under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
Strong's Lexicon — B