Baal
Množina: Baals
Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god.
Divine title given to their chief male gods by the Phoenicians, or Canaanites, of the E Mediterranean coast about 1200332 BC. Their worship as fertility gods, often orgiastic and of a phallic character, was strongly denounced by the Hebrew prophets.