- Baal
- "The name of many deities of the Semitic peoples" [Klein], late 14c., Biblical use is from Heb. Ba'al, lit. "owner, master, lord," from ba'al "he took possession of," also "he married;" related to Akkad. Belu (source of Heb. Bel), name of Marduk. Also related to the first element in Beelzebub. Used figuratively for any "false god."
- Beelzebub
- O.E. Belzebub, Philistine god worshipped at Ekron (2 Kings i.2), from L., used in Vulgate for N.T. Gk. beelzeboub, from Heb. ba'al-z'bub "lord of the flies," from ba'al "lord" + z'bhubh "fly." By later Christian writers often taken as another name for "Satan," though Milton made him one of the fallen angels.
- Bel
- heaven-and-earth god of Babylonian religion, from Akkad. Belu, lit. "lord, owner, master," cognate with Heb. ba'al.
- Hannah
- fem. proper name, from Heb., lit. "graciousness," from stem of hanan "he was gracious, showed favor;" cf. Punic Hannibha'al "Hannibal," lit. "my favor is with Ba'al."
- Beulah
- fem. proper name, from Heb. be'ulah "married woman," fem. pp. of ba'al "he married" (see baal).