Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Baalim"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Baalim
plural of Baal; images of the god Baal (Judg. 2:11; 1 Sam. 7:4).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baal \Ba"al\ (b[=a]"al), n.; Heb. pl. {Baalim} (-[i^]m). [Heb.
ba'al lord.]
1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and
Canaanitish nations.
Note: 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).
2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal
was applied. --Judges x. 6.
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