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Baal vs Bel - What's the difference?

baal | bel |

As proper nouns the difference between baal and bel

is that baal is the supreme male deity of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons; a Mediterranean fertility deity, worshipped as far back as 1400 BCE while Bel is a Babylonian deity, corresponding to the Semitic Baal.

As a noun bel is

a measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively. See also decibel.

baal

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* Ba'al

Proper noun

  • (mythology) The supreme male deity of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons; a Mediterranean fertility deity, worshipped as far back as 1400 BCE.
  • (biblical, in the plural) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.
  • (biblical) One of the fallen angels of Satan.
  • (often, lowercase) A false deity or idol.

    • Usage notes

    * The name Baal occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with epithets attached, referring to the different aspects (real or pejorative) of his character: Baal-berith]], Baal-zebub / [[Beelzebul, Baal-zebul, etc.

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    bel

    English

    (wikipedia bel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively. See also decibel.

    • References

    * Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary English eponyms ----