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Baal-Zephon

Or _the god of the watch tower_, was probably the temple of some idol, which served at the same time for a place of observation for the neighbouring sea and country, and a beacon to the travellers by either. It was situated on a cape or promontory on the eastern side of the western or Heroopolitan branch of the Red Sea, near its northern extremity, over against Pihahiroth, or the opening in the mountains which led from the desert, on… Baal-Zephon is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret.” This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1189
Hebrew
בַּעַל צְפוֹן · Baʻal Tsᵉphôwn
Name meaning
the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּעַל צְפוֹן

H1189
Transliteration
Baʻal Tsᵉphôwn
Pronunciation
bah'-al tsef-one'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
6

Glosses

Baal-zephon.

Lexicon definition

Baal-Tsephon, a place in Eqypt

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

G—

The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Baal-zephon

the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

BAAL ZEPHON

or _the god of the watch tower_, was probably the temple of some idol, which served at the same time for a place of observation for the neighbouring sea and country, and a beacon to the travellers by either. It was situated on a cape or promontory on the eastern side of the western or Heroopolitan branch of the Red Sea, near its northern extremity, over against Pihahiroth, or the opening in the mountains which led from the desert, on the side of Egypt, to the Red Sea.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Baal-Zephon

Indexed occurrences: 3

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All Scripture references3 references

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

BAAL-ZEPHON

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for BAAL-ZEPHON.

Indexed references: 2

Scripture references:

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Baal-zephon

Meaning:
the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

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