H1171 H1171
Baal-gad, a northern boundary site meaning 'Baal of Gad/Fortune'; at the foot of Hermon
A place name marking Israel's northern territorial limit under Joshua, meaning 'Baal of Gad' (Gad being the god of fortune). The site lay 'in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon' (Joshua 11:17; 13:5) and defined the northern extent of Joshua's conquests (Joshua 12:7). The name indicates a Canaanite shrine where Baal was worshiped as Gad, the deity of fortune. Proposed identifications include Banias (Caesarea Philippi) or Hasbaya. The phrase 'from Baal-gad' functions as a geographical benchmark for the full scope of the conquest.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The northernmost point of Israelite conquest, a town in the Lebanon valley near Mount Hermon. Joshua's campaigns extended 'from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon' to the southern Negev (Joshua 11:17; 12:7; 13:5). The name suggests a Canaanite cult site dedicated to Baal as the god of fortune (Gad). The location served as a fixed geographic marker for Israel's northern boundary. 3×
AR["بَعْلِ-جادَ", "مِنْ-بَعْلِ-جادَ"]·ben["-থেকে-বাল-গাদ", "বাল-গাদ", "বাল-গাদ-থেকে"]·DE["Baal-Gad", "von-Baal-Gad"]·EN["Baal-Gad", "from-Baal-Gad"]·FR["Baal-Gad", "de-Baal-Gad"]·heb["בעל גד", "מ-בעל גד"]·HI["बाल-गाद", "बाल-गाद-से"]·ID["Baal-Gad", "dari-Baal-Gad"]·IT["Baal-Gad", "da-Baal-Gad"]·jav["Baal-Gad", "saking-Baal-Gad"]·KO["바알-갓", "에서-바알-갓에서"]·PT["Ba'al-Gad", "de-Ba'al-Gad", "desde-Baal-Gad"]·RU["Баал-Гада", "от-Баал-Гада"]·ES["Baal-Gad", "desde-Baal-Gad"]·SW["Baali-Gadi", "kutoka-Baal-Gadi", "kutoka-Baali-Gadi"]·TR["Baal-Gad'a", "Baal-Gad'dan"]·urd["بعل-جاد", "بعل-جاد-سے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּ֫עַל גַּד n.pr.loc. Jos 11:17; 12:7; 13:5 (D), where Baal was worshipped as Gad, god of fortune, a city in the בִּקְעָה of Lebanon, under Mt. Hermon; either mod. Bânid̂s, Gk. Paneas, NT Caesarea Philippi, where a grotto of Pan took the place of the ancient worship of Gad, RobBR iii. 410 TristrTpg. 271; or Ḥâsbêyâ BdPal. 297 Di; possibly = בעל חרמון cf. Thes RobBR iii. 409.