Bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Bᵉlîyaʻal in English — Strong's Lexicon

Occurrences

Bᵉlîyaʻal occurs 27 times in 26 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (3), Nahum (2)

Deuteronomy 13:13 — Certain men, the children of Belial (בְלִיַּ֙עַל֙), are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Deuteronomy 15:9 — Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked (בְלִיַּ֜עַל) heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Judges 19:22 — Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial (בְלִיַּ֗עַל), beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Judges 20:13 — Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial (בְלִיַּ֜עַל), 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 1:16 — Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial (בְּלִיָּ֑עַל): for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
1 Samuel 2:12 — Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial (בְלִיָּ֑עַל); they knew not the LORD.
1 Samuel 10:27 — But the children of Belial (בְלִיַּ֣עַל) said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel 25:17 — Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial (בְּלִיַּ֔עַל), that a man cannot speak to him.
1 Samuel 25:25 — Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial (הַבְּלִיַּ֨עַל), even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 30:22 — Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial (וּבְלִיַּ֗עַל), of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
2 Samuel 16:7 — And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial (הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל):
2 Samuel 20:1 — And there happened to be there a man of Belial (בְּלִיַּ֗עַל), whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 Samuel 22:5 — When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly (בְלִיַּ֖עַל) men made me afraid;
2 Samuel 23:6 — But the sons of Belial (וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל) shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
1 Kings 21:10 — And set two men, sons of Belial (בְלִיַּעַל֮), before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial (בְלִיַּעַל֮), 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.
1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial (הַבְּלִיַּ֜עַל) 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.
2 Chronicles 13:7 — And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial (בְלִיַּ֔עַל), and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Job 34:18 — Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked (בְּלִיָּ֑עַל)? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Psalms 18:4 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men (בְלִיַּ֣עַל) made me afraid.
Psalms 41:8 — An evil (בְּ֭לִיַּעַל) disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Psalms 101:3 — I will set no wicked (בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל) thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Proverbs 6:12 — A naughty (בְּ֭לִיַּעַל) person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs 16:27 — An ungodly (בְּ֭לִיַּעַל) man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs 19:28 — An ungodly (בְּ֭לִיַּעַל) witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Nahum 1:11 — There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked (בְּלִיָּֽעַל) counsellor.
Nahum 1:15 — Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked (בְּלִיַּ֖עַל) shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Bᵉlîyaʻal — H1100

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