H1078 H1078
Senses
1. sense 1 3×
AR["بِيلَ","بِيلُ"]·ben["বেল","বেলের"]·DE["nicht"]·EN["Bel"]·FR["ne...pas"]·heb["בל"]·HI["बेल"]·ID["Bel"]·IT["non"]·jav["Bèl","Bél"]·KO["벨을","벨이"]·PT["Bel"]·RU["Бел","Бела","Бэль"]·ES["Bel"]·SW["Beli"]·TR["Bel","Bel'i"]·urd["بیل"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֵּל n.pr.m. a chief Babylonian deity (Bab. Bêlu = בַּעַל, lord; Bêl regarded as older form than בַּעַל by HptHbr i. 178; BAS i. 17) = Merodach (cf. מרדך), tutelary god of Babylon (to be distinguished from older Bêlu, one of ancient Babylonian triad) Je 50:2 (‖ מְרֹדַךְ) 51:44; Is 46:1 (‖ נְבֹו)—both writers of Babylonian period;—on Bel v. COT Gn 11:4 Ju 2:11; SayRel.Bab. 103, 110 JenKosmologie 24, 134, 307, 391.