What Does “Baal” Mean in the Bible?
A false god of the Canaanites, the god of rain. On Mount Carmel, Elijah showed that he was nothing.
Where it appears in the Bible
1 Kings 18:21; Judges 2:11
What the Bible says
1 Kings 18:21
And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.
Judges 2:11
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Baal”; 1 Kings 18:21-39