Strong's Hebrew: 1171. בַּ֫עַל (Baal Gad) -- Baal Gad

Strong's Lexicon

Baal Gad: Baal Gad

Original Word: בַּעַל גָּד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Ba`al Gad
Pronunciation: bah-ahl gad
Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-al gawd)
Definition: Baal Gad
Meaning: Baal-Gad

Word Origin: Derived from two Hebrew words: "בעל" (Baal), meaning "lord" or "master," and "גד" (Gad), meaning "fortune" or "troop."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Baal Gad, as it is a specific Hebrew place name. However, the concept of Baal worship is addressed in the New Testament, often in the context of idolatry (e.g., 1 Corinthians 10:20).

Usage: Baal Gad refers to a location named after the Canaanite deity Baal, associated with fortune or troop. It signifies a place where the worship of Baal was prevalent, reflecting the syncretism in the region during the time of the Israelites' settlement.

Cultural and Historical Background: Baal Gad was situated at the foot of Mount Hermon in the Valley of Lebanon. It was a significant Canaanite city during the conquest of the Promised Land by the Israelites. The name reflects the Canaanite religious practices that were prevalent in the region, where Baal was worshiped as a god of fertility and fortune. The Israelites were often warned against adopting these pagan practices, as they were called to worship Yahweh alone.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from Baal and gad
Definition
"Baal of fortune," a place near Mt. Hermon
NASB Translation
Baal-gad (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בַּ֫עַל גַּד proper name, of a location Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7; Joshua 13:5 (D), where Baal was worshipped as Gad, god of fortune, a city in the בִּקְעָה of Lebanon, under Mt. Hermon; either modern Bâniâs, Greek Paneas, NT Caesarea Philippi, where a grotto of Pan took the place of the ancient worship of Gad, Rob^{BR iii. 410} Tristr^{Tpg 271}; or „âsbêyâ Bd^{Pal 297} Di; possibly = בעל חרמון compare Thes Rob^{BR iii. 409}.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Baal-gad

From Ba'al and gad; Baal of Fortune; Baal-Gad, a place in Syria -- Baal-gad.

see HEBREW Ba'al

see HEBREW gad

Forms and Transliterations

גָּ֔ד גָּד֙ גד gad gāḏ

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Englishman's Concordance

Joshua 11:17
HEB: וְעַד־ בַּ֤עַל גָּד֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן
NAS: even as far as Baal-gad in the valley
KJV: to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley
INT: Seir far Baal-gad the valley of Lebanon

Joshua 12:7
HEB: יָ֔מָּה מִבַּ֤עַל גָּד֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן
NAS: toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley
KJV: on the west, from Baalgad in the valley
INT: the Jordan the west Baal-gad the valley of Lebanon

Joshua 13:5
HEB: הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ מִבַּ֣עַל גָּ֔ד תַּ֖חַת הַר־
NAS: toward the east, from Baal-gad below
KJV: toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount
INT: east side east side Baal-gad below Mount