H1100 בְּלִיַּעַל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 27 KJV occurrences
בְּלִיַּעַל
bᵉlîyaʻal · bel-e-yah'-al
Definition
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
KJV Renderings
Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Derivation / Etymology
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 27)
- Deuteronomy 13:13Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- 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:
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
- 2 Samuel 23:6¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- 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.
- Psalms 41:8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
- Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.