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Strong's #1170: Ba`al Briyth (pronounced bah'-al ber-eeth')

from 1168 and 1285; Baal of (the) covenant; Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites:--Baal-berith.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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ba‛al berı̂yth

Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant"

1) a god of the Philistines

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from H1168 and H1285



Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Judges 8:33: "after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god."
Judges 9:4: "him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain"









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