Ba'al is also an ordinary common noun in Hebrew, a synonym of adon, but with a wider range of meanings. It may mean 'lord', 'master', 'owner', 'possessor', 'husband', or 'tyrant'. When used as a verb, it may mean 'he married', 'he ruled', or 'he rejected'.
The name Ebolavirus is derived from the Ebola River in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), the location of the 1976 outbreak, and the taxonomic suffix-virus (denoting a viral genus). This genus was introduced in 1998 as the Ebola-like viruses.
The virus got its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa, where it was first recognized. There are four identified subtypes of Ebola virus. Three of the four have caused disease in humans: 1  Ebola-Ivory Coast. 2  Ebola-Sudan. 3  Ebola-Zaire.