Hebrew word · H856

אֶתְבַּ֫עַל

'etba'al

Ethbaal

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.16.31;

father of: Jezebel (H0348)

§ Ethbaal = "with Baal"

king of Sidon, father of Jezebel

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 16:31 אֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙ Ethbaal

    And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

    Here: Phoenician ʾIttobaʿal, 'Baal is with him.' Even the father's name announces whose god comes with the bride. Josephus says he was a priest of Astarte who seized the throne of Tyre.

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