Belial
Belial is a term occurring in the Hebrew Bible which later became personified as the devil in Jewish[1] and Christian texts. Alternate spellings include Baalial, Balial, Belhor, Beliall, Beliar, Berial, Bylyl and Beliya'al. The wicked leader put in power by workers of iniquity will cry out.[2] see Balaam.
The word translated Belial is bëliya‘al[3] BeitLamedYodAyinLamed (בְּלִיַּעַל) but is also translated wicked 5 times, ungodly 3 times, evil, naughty, ungodly men once each.
Wicked
Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked <01100> 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.
Job 34:18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked <01100>? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked <01100> shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Nahum 1:11 There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked <01100> counsellor.
Evil
Psalms 41:8 An evil <01100> disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Proverbs 6:12 A naughty <01100> person, a wicked(0205 aven) man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Ungodly men
2 Samuel 22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men <01100> made me afraid;
Psalms 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men <01100> made me afraid.
Proverbs 16:27 An ungodly <01100> man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire. Proverbs 19:28 An ungodly <01100> witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Belial
Deuteronomy 13:13 [Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Judges 19:22 [Now] 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 20:13 Now 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 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
1 Samuel 10:27 But 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.
1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.
1 Samuel 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and [men] of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them [ought] of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead [them] away, and depart.
2 Samuel 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 Samuel 23:6 But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
1 Kings 21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
2 Chronicles 13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
2 Corinthians 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Footnote
- ↑ 01100 בְּלִיַּעַל bëliya‘al [bel-e-yah’-al] BeitLamedYodAyinLamed from 01097 BeitLamedYod wear out fig. destruction and 03276 YodAyinLamed for gain or benefits, Greek 955 βελιαλ Belial = "worthless or wicked" the name of Satan; n m; [BDB-116a] [{See TWOT on 246 @@ "246g" }] AV-Belial 16, wicked 5, ungodly 3, evil 1, naughty 1 ungodly men 1; 27
- 1) worthlessness
- 1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
- 1b) wicked
- 1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- 1) worthlessness
- ↑ 995 βοή boe [bo-ay’] from 994 to raise a cry; n f; AV-cry 1; 1
- 1) a cry
- 1) a cry
- ↑ 01100 בְּלִיַּעַל bëliya‘al [bel-e-yah’-al] BeitLamedYodAyinLamed from 01097 BeitLamedYod wear out fig. destruction and 03276 YodAyinLamed for gain or benefits, Greek 955 βελιαλ Belial = "worthless or wicked" the name of Satan; n m; [BDB-116a] [{See TWOT on 246 @@ "246g" }] AV-Belial 16, wicked 5, ungodly 3, evil 1, naughty 1 ungodly men 1; 27
- 1) worthlessness
- 1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
- 1b) wicked
- 1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- י Yod The Infinite Point of essential good. Divine spark hidden in the ט Tet. Spark of spirit. [closed hand... Deed, work, to make] (Numeric value: 10)
- ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
- ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
- 1) worthlessness