How to Pronounce Baal-berith
BAY-uhl-beh-RITH or BAH-uhl-beh-RITH
Baal-berith is pronounced BAY-uhl-beh-RITH or BAH-uhl-beh-RITH (ˈbeɪəlˈbɛrɪθ): seven syllables, stress on the first and seventh.
What does Baal-berith mean?
Baal-berith means “idol of the covenant”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Baal-berith?
Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judg. 8:33; 9:4). In 9:46 he is called simply “the god Berith.” The name denotes the god of the covenant into which the Israelites entered with the Canaanites, contrary to the command of Jehovah (Ex. 34:12), when they began to fall away to the worship of idols.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Found in Scripture
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