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The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

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  1. n. The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
  2. n. The whole class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/divinities">divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.
  3. 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly). 2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.
  4. The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitishnations.
  5. n. any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god