Definition

Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites

Etymology

from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H1285 (בְּרִית); Baal of (the) covenant;

Word family

• בַּעַל Baʻal
• בְּרִית bᵉrîyth

How the KJV renders it

• Baal-berith

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.