Bel

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Bel: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a pagan god of the Babylonians

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NET Glossary: the name of a Babylonian god; the name was later applied to Marduk

Hebrew

Strongs #01078: lb Bel

Bel = "lord"

1) a chief Babylonian deity

1078 Bel bale

by contraction for 1168; Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians:-
Bel.
see HEBREW for 01168

Bel [EBD]

the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2; 51:44). It signifies "lord." (See BAAL.)

Bel [NAVE]

BEL, a Babylonian god, Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2; 51:44.

BEL [SMITH]

[BAAL]

BEL [ISBE]

BEL - bel, bal (bel): Appellative name of a Bah god (compare BAAL), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compare Isa 46:1; Jer 51:44; Baruch 6:41).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.