The Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians. It signifies "lord." Definition from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain), a 19th-century Christian reference work.
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Bel
The gods of their world
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- Jeremiah 50:2bsb
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
- Jeremiah 51:44bsb
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
- Isaiah 46:1bsb
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
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