Baali

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Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]

Israel had attributed to Baalim the blessings Jehovah had given them: Jehovah said He would strip them of those mercies to show them their folly. In the last days a remnant will be brought into the wilderness, and be spoken comfortably to. Self judgement will be the door of hope — (Valley of Achor). God will no longer be called 'my Master,' as the word Baali signifies, but 'Husband,' and He will take away the names of their idolatrous masters, Baalim, and they shall no more be remembered.  Hosea 2:16 : cf. vers. 8,13,17.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

Ba'ali.  Hosea 2:16. See Baal .

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

 Hosea 2:16 ishi baali Baal

Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]

 Hosea 2:16

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]

(Hebrews Badli', בִּעֲלַי , My Lord, Sept. Βααλείμ ), a colder and more distant title for Husband, whichthe prophet reproaches the Jewish Church for hitherto applying to Jehovah, instead of the more endearing term Ishi (My Man, i.e. Husband), which he predicts she would be emboldened to employ when freed from her idolatries ( Hosea 2:16). Some have supposed from this that the Jews had even borrowed the term Baal from the surrounding nations as expressive of sovereign deity, and so applied it to Jehovah; but this is not likely. (See Baal).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]

bā´a - lı̄ בּעלי , ba‛ălı̄ , "my master"): Baal, a common name for all heathen gods, had in common practice been used also of Yahweh. Hosea ( Hosea 2:16 ,  Hosea 2:17 ) demands that Yahweh be no longer called Ba‛ălı̄ ("my Baal" = "my lord") but 'Ishı̄ ("my husband"), and we find that later the Israelites abandoned the use of Ba‛al for Yahweh.

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