בְּלִיַּעַל beliyyaal

Hebrew word for “Belial” · Strong’s H1100 · used 27 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

A name like sa.tan (שָׂטָן "Satan" H7854); This name means worthless, base, wicked

Senses in the lexicon

• Belial (16)
• Belial: worthless (8)
• Belial: destruction (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for beliyyaal in context, with how often each is used:

• worthlessness 24
• worthless person 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 25 (2), 1 Kings 21 (2), Nahum 1 (2), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Deuteronomy 15 (1), Judges 19 (1), Judges 20 (1), 1 Samuel 1 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 1 Samuel 10 (1)

Forms

• בליעל 22
• הבליעל 3
• ובליעל 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with beliyyaal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 7
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 6
• רַע ra “bad” 5
• אָפַף aphaph “to surround” 2
• נֶגֶד neged “before” 3
• בָּעַת baat “to terrify” 2
• סָקַל saqal “to stone” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 4
• עוּד ud “to testify” 2
• אָמָה amah “maidservant” 2
• אָוֶן aven “evil” 2
• מוּת mut “to die” 3

Key verses

The verses using beliyyaal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 13:13 — Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,…
• Deuteronomy 15:9 — Beware 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…
• 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…
• 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,…
• 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…
• 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,…
• 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…
• Psalms 18:4 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
• Psalms 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
• 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.