Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1172
בַּעֲלָה
ba.a.lah · “mistress”
Used 4 times across 3 books
Definition
1) mistress, female owner
2) sorceress, necromancer (noun of relationship)
2) sorceress, necromancer (noun of relationship)
Where it appears
1 Samuel2
1 Kings1
Nahum1
In the text
1 Samuel 28:7Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En–dor.1 Kings 17:17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
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