1. worthlessness, wickedness (Belial) — Worthlessness, wickedness, used as an abstract noun or epithet characterizing persons as base and wicked (often in the construct 'sons of Belial'), and metaphorically of destructive forces; from בְּלִי + יַעַל 'without worth' 27×
AR["الهَلاكِ","الْهَلاَكِ","بَليَّعال","بَلِيَّعال","بَلِيَّعالَ","بَلِيَّعَال","بَلِيَّعَالَ","بَلِيَّعَلَ","شَرٍّ","لَئِيمٌ"]·ben["-এর-বেলিয়াল","অযোগ্যতার","দুর্নীতির","নীচ-চরিত্রের","নীচতার","পাপী","বলিয়ালের","বলীয়াল","বলীয়ালের","বেলিয়ালের"]·DE["Belial","Beliyaal","destruction","worthlessness"]·EN["Belial","Beliyaal","destruction","the-worthless-one","worthlessness"]·FR["Belial","Beliyaal","dans-vaurien","méchant","vanité","vaurien"]·heb["בְלִיַּעַל","בלייעל","בליעל","ה-בליעל"]·HI["दुष्ट","नीच","नीचता-के","बलियाल","बलियाल-की","बेलियाल","बेलियाल-का","बेलियाल-की","बेलियाल-के","बेलीयाल-की"]·ID["-belial","Belial","Belial,","Belial.","beliaal","belial","jahat"]·IT["Belial","Beliyaal","vanità","worthlessness"]·jav["Belial","Bèlial","Bélial","bélial","ingkang-tanpa-guna","kang-nistha","piawon","tanpa-guna"]·KO["무의한","벨리알의","불량배","불량배의","불량의","브리알의","비리알-의","비리알-이","비릴-의","비천한","사악한","악의","악한","악한-것-의"]·PT["Belial","Beliya'al","Beliyaal","Beliyya'al","belial","de-Belial","o-perverso","perversidade","vil"]·RU["-негодное","-негодяй","Белиала","Белияала","Велиала","негодный","негодный,","негодных","негодяев","негодяи","негодяй","нечестивый","нечестия","пагубное","погибели"]·ES["Belial","de-Belial","destrucción","perversidad"]·SW["-uovu","Beliali","asiye-na-faida","beliali","belialu","la-uovu","mwovu","uharibifu","uovu","wa-Beliali","wa-uovu"]·TR["Belial","Belial'in","Belial'ın","Belyal'in","belial","belial'in","belial-ın","değersiz","değersizliğin","kötü","kötülüğün"]·urd["بدماش-کا","بدماشی-کے","بدمعاش-کے","بدمعاشی-کی","بدمعاشی-کے","بدکار","بدکاری-کا","بلیعال","بلیعال-کا","بلیعال-کے","بُری-کی","بے-دین","بے-دینی-کی","بےلیعال","تباہی-کے"]
Deut 13:13, Deut 15:9, Judg 19:22, Judg 20:13, 1 Sam 1:16, 1 Sam 2:12, 1 Sam 10:27, 1 Sam 25:17, 1 Sam 25:25, 1 Sam 30:22, 2 Sam 16:7, 2 Sam 20:1 (+15 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּלִיַּ֫עַל27 n.[m.] worthlessness (cpd. בְּלִי not, without and יַעַל worth, use, profit)—בּ׳ Dt 13:14 + 20 times; בְּלִיָּ֑עַל ψ 101:3 + 5 times;—the quality of being useless, good for nothing. 1. abstr. אִישׁ (ה)בליעל, אַנְשֵׁי הבליעל, worthless, good-for-nothing, base fellows 1 S 25:25; 2 S 16:7; 20:1; 1 K 21:13; Pr 16:27; = בֶּן־ב׳ 1 S 25:17, בְּנֵי ב׳ Dt 13:14; Ju 19:22; 20:13; 1 S 2:12;…