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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ba·al n.; Heb. pl.  Baalim
 1. Myth. The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
 Note: ☞ The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly).
 2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.
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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Baalim
    plural of Baal; images of the god Baal (Judg. 2:11; 1 Sam. 7:4).

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Baalim, idols; masters; false gods