The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . dered Gaza. The difference arises from theuncertain power of the first letter V, which, inproper names, some use as the consonant G, whileothers regard only the vowel sound connectedwith it, which in this case is A. (See Alphabet.)The name occurs in this form in Deut. ii:23; :2o; which last clearly shows that Gaza (azzan), (Heb. H?, az-zawn, perhaps a thorn), the
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . dered Gaza. The difference arises from theuncertain power of the first letter V, which, inproper names, some use as the consonant G, whileothers regard only the vowel sound connectedwith it, which in this case is A. (See Alphabet.)The name occurs in this form in Deut. ii:23; :2o; which last clearly shows that Gaza (azzan), (Heb. H?, az-zawn, perhaps a thorn), the father of Paltiel, a prince of thetribe of Issachar (B. C 1540), who represented histribe at the division of the promised land (). AZZUR (azzur), (Heb. ^S, az-zoor, helper). 1. One of those who signed the covenant (B, ) with Nehemiah (Neh. x:i7). It is probablya family name and in Hebrew is the same as Azur. 2 Father of Hananiah of Gibeon ( 596),who was a prophet in the time of Zedekiah (:l). 3. Father of Jaazaniah (B. C. 593). The latterwas one of the leaders of the people whom theprophet, in a vision, saw devising false schemesfor Jerusalem (Ezek. xi:i). BAAL 199 BAAL B. Baal. BAAL (baal), (Hcb. UV2, baha!, lord, possess- , is a generic term for god in many of the Syro-Arabian languages. As the idolatrous nations ofthat race had several gods, this word, by means ofsome accessory distinction, became applicable asa name to many different deities. There is noi vidence, however, that the Israelites ever calledJehovah by the name of Baal; for the passage inllos. ii:i6, which has been cited as such, only con-tains the word baal as the sterner, less affection-ate representative of husband. (1) Ho Baal, with the defi-nite article, Judg. ii:13; 6Bda\, the masculine Baa/,but also r\ BdoX, the feminineBaa/, Jer. xix:5; xxxii:35;Rom. xi:4, is appropriated totin. chief male divinity of thePhoenicians, the princi-pal seat of whose wor-ship was at Ty
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