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baalim
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Baal \Ba"al\ (b[=a]"al), n.; Heb. pl. Baalim (-[i^]m). [Heb. ba'al lord.]
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(Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly).
pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.
--Judges x. 6.
Usage examples of "baalim".
The Phœnician deity El "was subdivided into a number of hypostases called the Baalim, secondary divinities, emanating from the substance of the deity" ("Anc.
But however effective the great king's design is with jinni, baalim, and other Middle Eastern denizens of the Other Side, its useless against New World Powers, except those largely subsumed into a Christian matrix.
The Bible pages bear witness, that Israelites too often tried to make the same fountain give forth sweet waters and bitter, and to grow thistles and grapes on the same stem, by uniting the cults of Jehovah and the Baalim.
With these came they who, from the bordering flood Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground, had general names Of Baalim and Ashtaroth--those male, These feminine.
Their diatribes suggest that the Hebrews, often thought to be a homogeneous group, were actually a combination of roving tribes and settled cities, only some of whom were willing to adopt one Sky God over the Mother of All Baalim or Gods.
Their diatribes suggest that the Hebrews, often thought to be a homogeneous group, were actually a combination of roving tribes and settled cities, only some of whom were willing to adopt one Sky God over the Mother of All Baalim or Gods.
But however effective the great king's design is with jinni, baalim, and other Middle Eastern denizens of the Other Side, it's useless against New World Powers, except those largely subsumed into a Christian matrix.
For after the death of Joshua and Eleazar, "there arose another generation that knew not the Lord, nor the nor the works which He had done for Israel, but did evil in the sight of the Lord and served Baalim.