Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
Βάαλ (G896)
1 Βάαλ (Rec. βαάλ ), ὁ, ἡ , indecl. (Heb. בַּעַל , lord ), Baal : Ro 11:4 (LXX) . The fem. art. here agrees with the usage of LXX, where, following a similar Hebrew practice ( בֹּשֶׁת for בַּעַל ), αἰσχύνη appears to have been substituted in reading for the written Βάαλ (cf. III Ki 18:19 ), and to account for the freq. use of the fem. art. bef. Β . The usage, however, is not general, and in the passage cited in Ro ( III Ki 19:18 ), LXX reads τῷ Β .†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain