Strong’s H1185 · Hebrew
בַּעֲלִיס
Baʻălîyç · bah-al-ece'
Origin probably from a derivative of עָלַס (H5965) with prepositional prefix; in exultation;
Meaning Baalis, an Ammonitish king
In the King James Version Baalis.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Jeremiah 40:14And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.