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Ethbaal — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֶתְבַּעַל

אֶתְבַּעַל

ʼEthbaʻal · pronounced eth-bah'-al · Strong's H856 · a man

Ethbaal means with Baal.

Built from

אֵת ʼêth (from, H854) — properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near open in the lexicon ›

בַּעַל Baʻal (and, H1168) — Baal, a Phoenician deity open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H854 and H1168; with Baal; Ethbaal, a Phoenician king.

First appearance

1Kgs 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 king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. (KJV)

Every verse that names Ethbaal

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Kings

1Kgs 16:31

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