H1100 - בְּלִיַּעַל (bᵉlîyaʻal)

H1100 בְּלִיַּעַל (bᵉlîyaʻal) bel-e-yah'-al

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Belial

Strong's Definition

without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness

Derivation: from H1097 (בְּלִי) and H3276 (יַעַל);(often in connection with H376 (אִישׁ), H802 (אִשָּׁה), H1121 (בֵּן), etc.)

KJV Usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.

TWOT Reference: 246g

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) worthlessness

1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow

1b) wicked

1c) ruin, destruction (construct)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G458 G646 G878 G955 G1726 G1727 G3061 G955

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּלִיַּעַל belý̂ya‛al BDB Definition: 1) worthlessness 1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow 1b) wicked 1c) ruin, destruction (construct) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1097 and H3276 Same Word by TWOT Number: 246g Total KJV Occurrences: 27

Bible Occurrences (26)

13:13 15:9

19:22 20:13

1:16 2:12 10:27 25:17 25:25 30:22

16:7 20:1 22:5 23:6

21:10 21:13

13:7

34:18

18:4 41:8 101:3

6:12 16:27 19:28

1:11 1:15

Deuteronomy 13:13

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 15:9

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 19:22

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 20:13

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 1:16

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 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

1 Samuel 10:27

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 25:17

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!”