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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76981" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76981" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Βελίαλ''''' ''' (Strong'S #955 | <div> '''1: '''''Βελίαλ''''' ''' (Strong'S #955 — Noun Masculine — belial — bel-ee'-al ) </div> <p> is a word frequently used in the Old Testament, with various meanings, especially in the books of Samuel, where it is found nine times. See also Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 20:13; 1—Kings 21:10,13; 2—Chronicles 13:7 . Its original meaning was either "worthlessness" or "hopeless ruin" (see the Rv , margin). It also had the meanings of "extreme wickedness and destruction," the latter indicating the destiny of the former. In the period between the OT and the NT it came to be a proper name for Satan. There may be an indication of this in Nahum 1:15 , where the word translated "the wicked one" is Belial. </p> 2—Corinthians 6:15 | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34709" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34709" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69749" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69749" /> == | ||
<p> [[Belial]] ( ''Bç'Li-Al'' ), ''Worthlessness,'' hence ''Lawlessness, Wickedness.'' This word is properly applied by the sacred writers to such lewd, profligate, and vile persons, as seem to regard neither God nor man. Deuteronomy 13:13, | <p> [[Belial]] ( ''Bç'Li-Al'' ), ''Worthlessness,'' hence ''Lawlessness, Wickedness.'' This word is properly applied by the sacred writers to such lewd, profligate, and vile persons, as seem to regard neither God nor man. Deuteronomy 13:13, A. V., but "base fellows," R. V. Judges 19:22; 1 Samuel 2:12. In the New Testament, "Belial" is used as an appellation of Satan, the power or lord of evil: "What concord hath Christ with Belial," the prince of licentiousness and corruption? 2 Corinthians 6:15. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80373" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80373" /> == | ||
