Ba|al

Ba|al «BAY uhl, bayl», noun, plural Ba|al|im «BAY uh lihm», Ba|als.

1. the chief god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians. In some places he was the god of fertility; in others, he was the sun god. His cult, which included related deities, was condemned as idolatrous by the Israelites.

2. any one of several local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples.

3. Figurative. any false god.

╂[< Hebrew ba"al lord]