baal
adverb
no; not.
baal
1 American
[bahl]
/ bɑl /
adverb
Australian Slang.
Baal
2
American
[bey-uhl, beyl]
/ ˈbeɪ əl, beɪl /
noun
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Baalim
plural
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any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
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(sometimes lowercase) a false god.
Baal
British
/ bɑːl /
noun
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any of several ancient Semitic fertility gods
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Phoenician myth the sun god and supreme national deity
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(sometimes not capital) any false god or idol
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Etymology
Origin of baal1
Australian Pidgin English < Dharuk bí-al
Origin of Baal2
From the Hebrew word baʿal lord
Example Sentences
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I have reserved unto me seven thousand men which have not bowed their knees to baal.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
One hat baal brokum, allasame white fellow hat.
From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Morley Roberts
I haue lefte me seuen thowsand in Israell / of which neuer man bowed his knees vnto baal / nor kissed hym with his mouthe.
Mine tell Leather fellow jump right away, and police fellow baal find.”
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by L. Rahey
These princes bore the interesting names Azi-ba'al, Abi-ba'al, Aduni-ba'al, Sapati-baal, Pudi-baal, Ba'al-yašupu, Ba'al-ḫanunu, Ba'al-maluku, Abi-milki, and Aḫi-milki, showing the popularity of the element baal in the names of the people of Arvad.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
The first church there dates from the fourth century, and Christians took over the temple of Baal in the fifth century.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“It is going to be a tough year,” said Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, which organizes shareholders to demand oil companies move more aggressively into clean energy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
Before he read the opening passage from “The Satanic Verses,” Mr. Kunzru quoted a line from another part of the book, when the irreverent poet Baal defines a poet’s purpose.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
"We were positively surprised," said Follow This founder Mark van Baal.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022
There, down tubes which fed into the cellar, it was dropped into the sighing vent of an incinerator which sat like evil Baal in a dark corner.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
“We are all worshippers of Baalim, and so we had this joke between us where we insult each another, jovially, as brothers would.…”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
The supreme Baalim of the South Arabian inscriptions must thus have been of Babylonian origin.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Elijah, or the Baalim in Israel: a Metrical Libretto, in four parts, dedicated in the year 1838, by express permission, to Her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Frederick George Edwards
Another name was Baal or Bel,—the lord, which also had a plural form, Baalim.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
When the doctor was attending a patient, Baalim attended to the patient's dog, and these attentions generally ended in a dispute.
From Settling Day by Nat Gould
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