Original Word: בַּעֲלִיס
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Ba`alic
Pronunciation: bah-ah-LEES
Phonetic Spelling: (bah-al-ece')
KJV: Baalis
NASB: Baalis
Word Origin: [probably from a derivative of H5965 (עָלַס - delight) with prepositional prefix]

1. in exultation
2. Baalis, an Ammonitish king

Baalis

Probably from a derivative of alac with prepositional prefix; in exultation; Baalis, an Ammonitish king -- Baalis.

see HEBREW alac

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
perhaps "son of delight," an Ammonite king
NASB Translation
Baalis (1).

בַּעֲלִיס proper name, masculine (Gr^{Monatsschrift, 1885, 471} reads בַּעְלִיס; = בֶּןעֲֿלִיס son of delight ? compare below בְּ) king of Ammonites Jeremiah 40:14 (Manuscripts & Jos^{Ant. x. 9}, 2 read בעלים).

בְּעֹן see בית בעל מען below בית.

בַּעֲלִ֣יס ׀ בעליס ba‘ălîs ba·‘ă·lîs baaLisInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts