Beliyyaal בְּלִיַּ֫עַל
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| בְּלִיַּ֫עַל | |
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| Transliteration | beliyyaal |
| Strong's number | H1100 (H1100G, H1100I, H1100H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | Belial |
| Occurrences | 27 in 26 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (6) |
Beliyyaal (Hebrew בְּלִיַּ֫עַל, Strong's H1100) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “Belial”. It occurs 27 times in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H1100G: Belial
A name like sa.tan (שָׂטָן "Satan" H7854)
This name means worthless, base, wicked
This name means worthless, base, wicked
H1100I: Belial: worthless
: worthless
1) worthlessness
1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
1b) wicked
1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
Also means: be.liy.ya.al (בְּלִיַּ֫עַל ": destruction" H1100H)
1) worthlessness
1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
1b) wicked
1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
Also means: be.liy.ya.al (בְּלִיַּ֫עַל ": destruction" H1100H)
H1100H: Belial: destruction
: destruction
1) worthlessness
1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
1b) wicked
1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
1) worthlessness
1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
1b) wicked
1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | belial (16), wicked (5), men (2), ungodly (2), evil (1), naughty (1) |
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| BSB | wicked (6), worthless (6), scoundrel (2), chaos (2), scoundrels (2), this wicked (1), were wicked (1), some worthless (1), you worthless (1), vile (1), worthless thing (1), corrupt (1), and 1 other rendering |
Verses
Every verse with Beliyyaal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 13:13Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
- Deuteronomy 15:9Beware 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 brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Judges
- Judges 19:22Now 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.While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
- Judges 20:13Now 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:Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 1:16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
- 1 Samuel 10:27But 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.But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
- 1 Samuel 25:17Now 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.Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 1 Samuel 25:25Let 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.My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
- 1 Samuel 30:22Then 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.but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
- 2 Samuel 20:1And 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.Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 2 Samuel 22:5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- 2 Samuel 23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 21:10And 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.But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:13And 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.And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 13:7And 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.Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
Job
- Job 34:18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
Psalms
- Psalm 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- Psalm 41:8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
- Psalm 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 6:12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
- Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- Proverbs 19:28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
Nahum
- Nahum 1:11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
- Nahum 1:15Behold 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 shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.Look to the mountains— the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).