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baal
Part of speech: NounA high object of worship among the anc. Chaldeans and Syrians, supposed to represent the sun.
Usage examples "baal":- Some one- I forget who- has traced their route through Larsa, where men worshipped the sun; through Erech, where they worshipped the planet Venus- the bright evening star; through Nipur, where they bowed the knee to Baal; through Borsippa, where they worshipped the planet Jupiter; and on and on until they came to Haran, where the people worshipped- the moon! - "Men in the Making", Ambrose Shepherd.
- That which the Lord gave to them, they consecrated to Baal, instead of to Him, to whom alone these embodied thanks were due. - "Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, v. 1", Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg.
- When the cause of Jehovah seemed most hopeless, there were still seven thousand left in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal. - "Philistia", Grant Allen.