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belial |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Belial \Be"li*al\, n. [Heb. beli ya'al; beli without + ya'al profit.] An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia ? --2 Cor. vi 15. {A son} (or man) {of Belial}, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. --1 Sam. ii 12. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Belial worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the personification of all that is evil. It is translated wicked" in Deut. 15:9; Ps 41:8 (R.V. marg.); 101:3; Prov. 6:12, etc The expression son" or "man of Belial" means simply a worthless, lawless person (Judg. 19:22; 20:13; 1 Sam. 1:16; 2:12). From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Belial, wicked, worthless