ba.al is the proper name used for the object of worship served, invoked, and opposed in the cited biblical passages.

The term is consistently used as a proper name for a worshiped figure or figures: the verses associate it with service, invocation, prophets, priests, altars, offerings, images, and houses, while other passages describe its removal or destruction.

1. Proper name in worship and its opposition · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Kings 18:26 the APB renders people calling on the name of Baal for an answer; in 2 Kings 10:19 it describes prophets, servants, priests, and a sacrifice connected with the Baal. The same name occurs in accounts of worship structures and their destruction: 1 Kings 16:32 renders an altar and house of Baal, while 2 Kings 10:27 renders the tearing down of the pillar and house of the Baal.

   1 Kings 18:262 Kings 10:191 Kings 16:322 Kings 10:27Jeremiah 19:5Hosea 11:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the proper name directly as “Baal” or “the Baal,” including in clauses about prophets, service, altars, houses, and destruction. Some verses use “Baals”; This should not by itself be treated as a separate lexical sense.