BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1179
ba.al cher.mon — (Mount) Baal-hermon
Baal-hermon or Baal-chermon = "lord of destruction" a city near or on Mount Hermon, named as a seat of Baal worship Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Lord of Hermon. (1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1 Chr. 5:23). Probably identical with Baal-gad (Josh. 11:17). (2.) A mountain east of Lebanon (Judg. 3:3). Probably it may be the same as Mount Hermon, or one of its three peaks.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
