ʼEthbaʻal — H856

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ethbaal, a Phoenician king

1. Ethbaal = "with Baal"
2. king of Sidon, father of Jezebel

Usually translated as

Ethbaal

Origin

from H854 and H1168; with Baal

• Derived from ʼêth (H854)
• Derived from Baʻal (H1168)

Occurrences

ʼEthbaʻal occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1)

• 1 Kings 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal (אֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙) king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.