Lexical Definition

‎בְּלִיַּעַל‎ bᵉlîyaʻal (bel-e-yah'-al) Belial ^H:N-M
from ‎בְּלִי‎ and ‎יַעַל‎;(often in connection with ‎אִישׁ‎, ‎אִשָּׁה‎, ‎בֵּן‎, etc.)

Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.

• without profit, worthlessness
• by extension, destruction, wickedness

1) worthlessness
1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
1b) wicked
1c) ruin, destruction (construct)

See Greek: ἀνομία · ἀποστασία · ἄφρων · Βελίαλ · ἐναντίον · ἐναντίος · λοιμός · Βελίαλ

Extended Information

• : worthless
• Also means: be.liy.ya.al (‎ב‎ְּ‎ל‎ִ‎י‎ַּ֫‎ע‎ַ‎ל‎ ": destruction" בְּלִיַּעַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּלִיַּ֫עַל‎₂₇ noun [masculine] worthlessness (compound ‎בְּלִי‎ not, without and ‎יַעַל‎ worth, use, profit) — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Deut 13:14* + 20 t.; ‎בְּלִיָּ֑עַל‎ Ps 101:3 + 5 t.; — the quality of being useless, good for nothing.

1. abstract ‎אִישׁ‎ ‎(ה)בליעל‎, ‎אַנְשֵׁי הבליעל‎, worthless, good-for-nothing, base fellows 1Sam 25:25; 2Sam 16:7; 2Sam 20:1; 1Kgs 21:13; Prov 16:27 = ‎׳‎‎בֶּןבֿ‎ 1Sam 25:17, ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי ב‎ Deut 13:14*; Judg 19:22; Judg 20:13; 1Sam 2:12; 1Sam 10:27; 1Kgs 21:10; 1Kgs 21:13; 2Chr 13:7 ‎׳‎‎בַּת ב‎ 1Sam 1:16 (drunken woman); ‎׳‎‎עֵד ב‎ base witness Prov 19:28 ‎׳‎‎דְּבַר ב‎ base, wicked thing Ps 41:9* (yet compare 3 below), Ps 101:3 (add probably also 1Sam 29:10, so ᵐ5 We Dr); ‎׳‎‎דָּבָרב֗֗֗‎ (elliptical and in apposition) Deut 15:9.

2. concrete elliptical of ‎׳‎‎אישׁ ב‎ 2Sam 23:6; Job 34:18 ‎כָּלאִֿישׁ רַע וּבְלִיַּעַל‎ 1Sam 30:22 ‎אָדָם בְּלִיַּעַל‎ Prov 6:12.

3. ruin, destruction: so Ps 41:9* according to De Che and others, but see above; ‎׳‎‎יֹעֵץ ב‎ counsellor of ruin Nah 1:11 ‎׳‎‎ב‎ alone a man of ruin, destroyer Nah 2:1* ‎׳‎‎נַחֲלֵי ב‎ floods of destruction (|| ‎שְׁאוֺל‎) 2Sam 22:5 = Ps 18:5*.

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