How to Pronounce Baal Gad
BAY-uhl-GAD or BAH-uhl-GAD
Baal Gad is pronounced BAY-uhl-GAD or BAH-uhl-GAD (ˈbeɪəlˈɡæd): five syllables, stress on the first and fifth.
What does Baal Gad mean?
Baal Gad means “idol of fortune or felicity”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Baal Gad?
Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon (Judge. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), near the source of the Jordan (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). It was the most northern point to which Joshua’s conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbec.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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