baal

n.; Heb. pl. Baalim [ Heb. ba'al lord. ] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]