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Bel

bel (lord)
RELATED: Ashtoreth, Baal, Baalim, Babylon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians ( Isaiah 46:1 ; Jeremiah 50:2 ; 51:44 ). It signifies "lord." (See BAAL.)

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

[BAAL]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bel, bal (bel):

Appellative name of a Bah god (compare BAAL), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compare Isaiah 46:1 ; Jeremiah 51:44 ; Baruch 6:41).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

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