STRONGS NUMBER H1171


Word Summary
Baal Gad: "Baal of fortune", a place near Mount Hermon
Original Word: בַּעַל גָּד
Transliteration: Baal Gad
Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-al gawd)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "Baal of fortune", a place near Mount Hermon
Meaning: Baal-gad -- "Baal of fortune", a place near Mount Hermon
Strong's Concordance
Baal-gad

From Ba'al and gad; Baal of Fortune; Baal-Gad, a place in Syria -- Baal-gad.

see HEBREW Ba'al

see HEBREW gad

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1171. Baal

Gad גַּד בַּ֫עַלproper name, of a location Joshua 11:17; 12:7; 13:5 (D), where Baal was worshipped as Gad, god of fortune, a city in the בִּקְעָה‎ of Lebanon, under Mt. Hermon; either modern Bâniâs, Greek Paneas, NT Caesarea Philippi, where a grotto of Pan took the place of the ancient worship of Gad, RobBR iii. 410 TristrTpg 271; or „âsbêyâ BdPal 297 Di; possibly = חרמון בעל‎ compare Thes RobBR iii. 409.