Baal

• POS: Noun, Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

Baal, n. [Heb. ba'al lord.].

•  The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.  [1913 Webster]

  " The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly)."  [1913 Webster]
•  The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.  Judges x. 6.  [1913 Webster]

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Baal

n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he was popular with the Phoenicians; as Belus or Bel he had the honor to be served by the priest Berosus, who wrote the famous account of the Deluge; as Babel he had a tower partly erected to his glory on the Plain of Shinar. From Babel comes our English word "babble." Under whatever name worshiped, Baal is the Sun-god. As Beelzebub he is the god of flies, which are begotten of the sun's rays on the stagnant water. In Physicia Baal is still worshiped as Bolus, and as Belly he is adored and served with abundant sacrifice by the priests of Guttledom.

THESAURUS

Baal

Adad, Adapa, Anu, Anunaki, Ashtoreth, Ashur, Astarte, Beltu, Ceres, Dagon, Damkina, Demeter, Dionysus, Dumuzi, Ea, Enlil, Ereshkigal, Frey, Gibil, Girru, Gish Bar, Gishzida, Gula, Igigi, Inanna, Isimud, Isis, Juggernaut, Ki, Lahmu, Mama, Marduk, Merodach, Moloch, Nabu, Nammu, Namtar, Nanna, Nebo, Nergal, Neti, Nina, Ningal, Ningirsu, Ninhursag, Ninlil, Ninmah, Ninsar, Nintoo, Nusku, Pan, Papsukai, Priapus, Ramman, Shala, Shamash, Sin, Utnapishtim, Uttu, Utu, Zarpanit, Zubird, devil-god, fetish, golden calf, graven image, idol, joss

ROGET THESAURUS

Baal

Jupiter

N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.

Pseudo-Revelation

N pseudo-revelation, the Koran, the Alcoran, Lyking, Vedas, Zendavesta, Avesta, Sastra, Shastra, Tantra, Upanishads, Purana, Edda, Book of Mormon, Gautama, Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius, Bab-ed-Din, Mohammed, golden calf, Baal, Moloch, Dagon.

Idolatry

N idolatry, idolism, demonism, demonolatry, idol- worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship, zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism, ecclesiolatry, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry, deification, apotheosis, canonization, hero worship, sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifices, immolation, mactation, infanticide, self-immolation, suttee, idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates, Baal, idolatrous, adorer le veau d'or.