§ Baal-berith = "lord of the covenant" a god of the Philistines
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H1170 — בַּעַל בְּרִית
ba.al be.rit · Baal-berith · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 8:33 · בַּ֥עַל · בְּרִ֖יתAnd it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.Judges 9:4 · בַ֣עַל · בְּרִ֑יתAnd they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.