Belial
בְּלִיַּ֫עַלStrong’s H1100beliyyaal (be-liy-ya-al)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beliyyaal is the Hebrew word usually translated “worthlessness” and “worthless person”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;”
Meaning
- A name like sa.tan (שָׂטָן "Satan" H7854)
- Worthlessnessworthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow · wicked · ruin, destruction (construct)
How it's translated
- worthlessness 23
- and worthlessness 1
- and a worthless person 1
- worthless person 1
- a worthless person 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 6
- 2 Samuel 4
- Psalms 3
- Proverbs 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Judges 2
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Judges 19:22Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
- Judges 20:13Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
- 1 Samuel 1:16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 10:27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Hebrew dictionary
בְּלִיַּ֫עַל beliyyaal · Belial
A name like sa.tan (שָׂטָן "Satan" H7854) This name means worthless, base, wicked
בְּלִיַּ֫עַל beliyyaal · Belial
: destruction 1) worthlessness 1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow 1b) wicked 1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “belial” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BE'LIAL, noun
As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness. As an adjective, worthless; wicked. In a collective sense, wicked men.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.