Baʻălâh — H1172

Definition

feminine noun

a mistress

1. mistress, female owner
2. sorceress, necromancer (noun of relationship)

Usually translated as

that hath, mistress

Origin

feminine of H1167

• Baʻal (H1167)

Greek equivalents

• hēgéomai (G2233)
• Kyría (G2959)

Occurrences

Baʻălâh occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Nahum (1)

• 1 Samuel 28:7 — Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath (בַּעֲלַת) a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
• 1 Samuel 28:7 — Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath (בַּֽעֲלַת) a familiar spirit at Endor.
• 1 Kings 17:17 — And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress (בַּעֲלַ֣ת) of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
• Nahum 3:4 — Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress (בַּעֲלַ֣ת) of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.