Belial
בְּלִיַּ֫עַלStrong’s H7854beliyyaal (be-liy-ya-al)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Beliyyaal is the Hebrew word usually translated “adversary”, “accuser” and “o accuser”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.”
Meaning
- A name like sa.tan (שָׂטָן "Satan" H7854)
How it's translated
- the adversary 14
- an adversary 7
- to an adversary 2
- and an accuser 1
- and the accuser 1
- the accuser 1
- o accuser 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 11
- 1 Kings 4
- Numbers 2
- Zechariah 2
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 3:2In contextAnd the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
- Numbers 22:22And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:32And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
- 1 Samuel 29:4And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- 2 Samuel 19:22And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
- 1 Kings 5:4But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
Hebrew dictionary
בְּלִיַּ֫עַל beliyyaal · Belial
A name like sa.tan (שָׂטָן "Satan" H7854) This name means worthless, base, wicked
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.