Word Origin
short. form of Baal
Definition
a chief Bab. deity
NASB Translation
Bel (3).

בֵּל proper name, masculine a chief Babylonian deity (Babylonian Bêlu = בַּעַל, lord; Bêl regarded as older form than בַּעַל by Hpt^{Hebraica. i. 178}; BAS i. 17) = Merodach (compare מרדך), tutelary god of Babylon (to be distinguished from older Bêlu, one of ancient Babylonian triad) Jeremiah 50:2 ("" מְרֹדַךְ) Jeremiah 51:44; Isaiah 46:1 ("" נְבֹו) — both writers of Babylonian period; — on Bel see COT Genesis 11:4; Judges 2:11; Say^Rel. Babylonian 103, 110 Jen^{Kosmologie 24, 134, 307, 391}.

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