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Strongs H1078

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בֵּל (Bêl) n-pr-m (bale)
Source: by contraction for H1168;
Meaning: Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians
KJV: Bel.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

b.ci.av

בֵּל n.pr.m. a chief Babylonian diety = Merodach, tutelary god of Babylon

Appears in a total of 3 verses:

JER 50:2

OET-LV: 2 Declare among_nations and_make_a_proclamation and_lift_up a_standard make_a_proclamation do_not hide_it say Bāⱱel it_will_be_captured Bel it_will_be_put_to_shame Marduk it_will_be_shattered images_of_its they_will_be_put_to_shame idols_of_its they_will_be_shattered.   (JER_50:2)

OET-RV: 2 Make a report to the nations and get them to listen to it.
 ⇔  Raise a signal flag and cause them to listen—don’t conceal it.
 ⇔  Tell them that Babylon will be captured and their ‘god’ Marduk (also called ‘Bel’) will be humiliated.
 ⇔  Marduk will be completely disgraced—
 ⇔  its replicas will be humiliated as its idols will be shattered. (JER 50:2)

ISA 46:1

OET-LV: 46 Bel He_has_bowed_down Nəⱱō is_stooping_low idols_of_their they_belong to_animal[s] and_to_cattle burdens_of_your(pl) are_carried a_load for_a_weary_animal.   (ISA_46:1)

OET-RV: 46 The Babylonian gods Bel bows down and Nevo stoops low.
 ⇔  Their idols need to be carried by animals and are burdens for tired cattle. (ISA 46:1)

JER 51:44

OET-LV: 44 And_I_will_visit_judgement on Bel in_Bāⱱel and_I_will_bring_out DOM thing_of_his_swallowed from_mouth_of_his and_not they_will_stream to_him/it again nations also the_wall_of Bāⱱel it_will_fall.   (JER_51:44)

OET-RV: 44 I’ll punish Babylon’s god Bel
 ⇔  and I’ll pull what he swallowed back out of his mouth,
 ⇔  Then the nations will no longer go streaming to him to placate him.
 ⇔  What’s more, Babylon’s walls will fall. (JER 51:44)

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