BDB1225
I. [בַּעֲלָה] noun 1. mistress, בַּעֲלַת הַבַּיִת mistress of the house 1Kgs 17:17.
2. relative noun אוב
׳
ב necromancer 1Sam 28:7 (twice in verse); כשׁפים
׳
ב sorceress, Nah 3:4.
Strong's Lexicon
H1172
H1172 — בַּעֲלָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1172 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בַּעֲלָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | feminine of H1167 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | ba`alah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bah-al-aw' |
| Meaning: | 1. a mistress |
| KJV Renderings: | that hath, mistress. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
בעלה (bazwh-lah’)
1 Kings 17:17
- KJV: And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
- EHCC: the mistress of the house,