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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(lawlessness). A vile, worthless person, reckless of
God
and
man
(
Deut. 13:13
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Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; (Deuteronomy 13:13)
;
Judg. 19:22
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 19:22)
;
1 Sam. 2:12
12
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. (1 Samuel 2:12)
). Hence,
Satan
(
2 Cor. 6:15
15
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? (2 Corinthians 6:15)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
Hebrew
word signifies “worthless,
lawless
,” and is not a proper name, but is used as a personification of evil; thus we have “
son
of Belial,
daughter
of Belial” (
Deut. 13:13
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Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; (Deuteronomy 13:13)
;
Judg. 19:22
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 19:22)
;
1 Sam. 1:16
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 1:16)
;
1 Sam. 25:17,25
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 25:17)
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 25:25)
). In the
New
Testament
it is
put
in contradistinction to Christ as if it meant
Satan
(
2 Cor. 6:15
15
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? (2 Corinthians 6:15)
); it is there βελίαρ.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
955
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Βελίαλ
Transliteration:
Belial
Phonic:
bel-ee’-al
Meaning:
of Hebrew origin (
1100
); worthlessness; Belial, as an epithet of Satan
KJV Usage:
Belial
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
worthlessness
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Worthless; without profit:―a personification of all that is bad, 2 Cor. 6:15. {Nequam}
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