Does the word Baal mean Lord?

I have read a few times that some believe that the word "Lord" means Baal, and I would like to briefly touch on the subject today. Putting it in perspective the word Baal can mean Lord as some claim, as the word Lord means to rule over. There are many examples where the word Baal has been translated "Lord" in the bible, but there are no examples where the word Lord as we know the Messiah as being was ever translated into the word Baal. It's basically a matter of who you make Lord over your life, or who controls you. For example during the middle ages it was common to have an overlord that you paid to protect you. Examples of the possible usage of the word Baal can mean a Judge, King, or even a husband can be a Baal over his wife. Anyone wanting more information can read Strong's #1166 and #1167.

 In the bible there are many Baal's in the religion of Baalism. In fact there was one for every human weekness that you can think of, and to realize which Baal is being talked about one would have to see the context in which the word was used. To get the blessings of whichever Baal you wanted you would put an image of the false Phoenician God in your home. I copied some meanings of some Baal names from this site and put them at the end of this post which seems to explain the meanings of the most common ones well. (I do not know much about the group that I copied the meanings from, so of course I cannot give my endorsement).

Above are the remains of a Baal-Berith temple. This fact is known by the rounded features on the ends of the remains. These particular remains are thought to have been a two story building in the 13th century B.C.


 In short the word Lord means to be in charge over something. I do not want people to believe that I think that the Messiah is Baal or vice versa, and would like to remind everyone that the first commandment is clear that we are to keep Yahweh first in all that we do. In a post I made last year called "The First Commandment".  I tried to show that if our one and only God is the only God, then why would there be a first commandment. Because if there is no other God's then how can it be possible to break the first commandment? I encourage all to keep their eyes on the one and true Lord (Luke 9:62).

Praise the Lord, and by that I mean the Lord of Lords and the king of Kings!

·        Baal-Berith – The Hebrew meaning of this Baal is “Baal of (the) covenant… a special deity of the Shechemites” (Judges 8:33; 9:46);it was lord or god of the covenant, and Satan does make covenants, which do include blood and sexual acts – this is what Baal-Berith represents – a covenant with Satan.

·        Baal-Gad – Joshua 11:17; 12:7; 13:5; The Hebrew meaning of this Baal is “Baal of fortune; Baal-Gad, a place in Syria”. Its meaning goes along with the next Baal.   

·        Baal-Hamon – (Song of Solomon 8:11) Hamon is Hebrew for wealth.  Satan does give people wealth!  Yes, even today Satan can assign his devils to give us wealth.  The scripture calls Satan’s evil spirits devils.  One of the Greek meanings for devils in New Testament scripture is “Daimon, dah’-ee-mown; from daio (to distribute small fortunes); a demon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature):- devil”. Notice the Greek says “to distribute small fortunes” – proof that Satan and his evil spirits (devils/demons) can cause a person to prosper and create in their heart the love of money!  Being rich is not bad butwe better be careful who and where the wealth comes from, and how much we love it!  I Timothy 6:10:  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

·        Baal-Peor – (Numbers 25:1-3; Hosea 9:10; I Corinthians 10:8)Moabite LORD OF PERVERSION (Deuteronomy 4:2-4:  Ye shall notadd unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminishought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.  Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor:  for all the men that follow Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.  But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.)   

·        Baal-Perazim – (II Samuel 5:20) was a Philistine godand some of the Philistine’s were Ham’s descendents – some of Ham’s descendents practiced homosexuality. 

·        Baal-Zebub – (Judges 10:6; Matthew 10:25) is the lord of the flies and Baal-zebub is the chief of evil spirits; also see Beelzebub(Matthew 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, 18-19) for its Greek meaning ‘beelzeboul, beh-el-zeb-ool’ which is a “dung god”; or “Beelzebul, a name of Satan:- Beelzebub”. 

·        Baal-Zebul – (Judges 10:6; Matthew 10:25) Zebul means prince, and Satan is called the prince of this world and the prince of the power of the air in John 14:30 and Ephesians 2:2.

·        Baal-Zephon – (Exodus 14:2) was a Canaanite god and the Canaanite’s were also Ham’s descendents – some of their Baals