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Belial

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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The Hebrew word signifies 'worthless, lawless,' and is not a proper name, but is used as a personification of evil; thus we have 'son of Belial, daughter of Belial,' etc. Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 1 Samuel 1:16; 1 Samuel 25:17,25; etc. In the N.T. it is put in contradistinction to Christ as if it meant Satan, 2 Corinthians 6:15 : it is there βελίαρ.

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Belial'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​b/belial.html. 1897.
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