HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1485
גּוּר־בָּ֑֫עַל
gur-ba.al — Gurbaal
§ Gur-baal = "dwelling of Baal" a place in which dwelt Arabians; probably lying between Palestine and the Arabian peninsula
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Gur-baal
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chr. 26:7) where there was probably a temple of Baal.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.