BELIAL

Definition: BELIAL

BELIAL

Noun

1. An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"BELIAL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "wicked", "worthless".

Date "BELIAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Belial \Be"li*al\, noun. [Heb. beli ya'al; beli without ya'al profit.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: BELIAL

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Belial worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the personification of all that is evil. It is translated "wicked" in Deut. 15:9; Ps. 41:8 (R.V. marg.); 101:3; Prov. 6:12, etc. The expression "son" or "man of Belial" means simply a worthless, lawless person (Judg. 19:22; 20:13; 1 Sam. 1:16; 2:12). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
	"Belial came last- than whom a spirit more lewd Fell not from heaven, or more gross to love Vice for itself." Milton: Paradise Lost, book i. 490-2. Sons of Belial. Lawless, worthless, rebellious people. (See above. "Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial." - 1 Sam. ii. 12. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Belial

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Belial in Judaism

In Judaism Belial has been identified with Satan. He is considered the father of idolatrous nations under the name of Belhor, and the uncircumcised Heathens are considered the sons of Belial (Book of Jubilees). He also is the evilest being from whom emanate the seven spirits of seduction that enter men at birth, the source of impurity and lying, and the spirit of darkness; he will be opposed to the Messiah, bound by him, cast into the fire forever and the souls captured by him will be freed by force from his power (Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs). He is also identified with Samael and called the angel of lawlessness and the ruler of this world, the Earth (Ascentio Isaiæ). Belial is also the seducer who, feigning to be the Messiah, will appear among the Samaritans and lead them into error by means of his power, but will be burnt up by heavenly fire carried along by the sea to the land to destroy his powers (Sibyllines).

The Hebrew etymology for his name is confuse. Meanwhile some scholars translate it from Hebrew as "worthless" (Beli yo'il), others translate "yokeless" (Beli ol), and others "may have no rising" (Belial) or "never to rise" (Beli ya'al). Another group consider that the name might derive from the Babylonian goddess Belili, corrupted into Belial as "worthlessness". Only a few took it as a proper name.

Belial in the Old Testament

In the Jewish Old Testament Belial is mentioned several times, referring to him as father of Pagan nations, rivers of destruction, rivers of death, and impious men are considered sons of Belial. In the Biblia Vulgata less allusions to this demon are made, referring to Belial as torrents of death, and to impious men as sons of Belial and men of Belial; some Christian translations do not even name him.

Belial in Demonology

In demonology Belial was identified first with an angel of confusion and libertinage, during the early Christianity; the fact that in Judaism Belial was said to feign to be the Messiah made some Christians of the 1st Century think he was the Antichrist. Since the Middle Age he was considered a demon. As a demon he was said to have an agreeable aspect, and to induce to any type of sins, especially those related to sex and lust. According to Sebastian Michaelis (17th Century), Belial seduces by means of arrogance and his adversary is St. Francis of Paula; in this sense his name is translated as "Lord of Arrogance" or "Lord of Pride" (Baal ial). According to some demonologists of the 16th Century Belial's power is stronger in January. To Francis Barrett he is the prince of fraud and injustice.

According to other authors, Belial is a powerful King of Hell, created next after Lucifer, who is thought to have been his father and the demon that seduced him to join the angels that rebelled against God. He distributes senatorships, causes favour of friends and foes, gives excellent familiars, and rules eighty (fifty to other authors, and no mention is made in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) legions of demons. Offerings, sacrifices and gifts must be made to honour Belial, or he will not answer the truth to what the conjurer demands. He often says that he was the first in being thrown from Heaven before the other fallen angels.

In the Buche Belial (1473) Belial was depicted with a man's body with talons instead of feet, and the head of a man with the horns and ears of a bull and boar tusks, and keeping the door of Hell.

Other depictions show Belial as a beautiful angel sitting in a chariot of fire, and speaking with an agreeable voice.

Other spellings: Baalial, Beliall, Beliel.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Belial."

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Synonyms within Context: BELIAL

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Demon	Noun: demon, daemon, demonry, demonology; evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba; Frankenstein's monster; Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman; fury, harpy; Friar Rush.
Impiety	The wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate; sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one; children of darkness.
Satan	Noun: Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Ahriman, Belial; Samael, Zamiel, Beelzebub, the Prince of the Devils.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BELIAL

English words defined with "BELIAL": A son ♦ Way warden. (references)

Specialty definitions using "BELIAL": Man of Belial ♦ Son of Belial. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BELIAL" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Belial), Hungarian (Belial), Portuguese (Belial).

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Commercial Usage: BELIAL

Domain	Title
Books	Against the Floods of Belial (reference) Belial, oder, Die Stille : Roman (reference) Kolchak the Nightstalker: Get of Belial Graphic Novel (reference) (more book examples)
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Familiar Quotations: BELIAL

Author	Quotation
John Milton	Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace.
	And when night, darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
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Usage Frequency: BELIAL

"BELIAL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "BELIAL" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	72.73%	24	71,196
Adjective (general or positive)	27.27%	9	117,287
Total	100.00%	33	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: BELIAL

Expression using "BELIAL": of Belial. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BELIAL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
belial	23
lord belial	16
belial son	3
belial church	2
belial leviathan lucifer satan	2
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Modern Translations: BELIAL

Language		Translations for "BELIAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Djall (archenemy, archfiend, Beelzebub, daemon, demon, devil, fiend, imp, Lucifer, old nick, old scratch, Satan). (various references)

Bulgarian		Сатана (Beelzebub, Satan). (various references)

Dutch		Belial. (various references)

Hungarian		Belial, Sátán (arch enemy, arch-enemy, arch-fiend, bogy, devil, prince of darkness, satan, tempter). (various references)

Manx		Noid ny h-Anmey (Satan, The Devil, The Evil One). (various references)

Pig Latin		elialbay

Portuguese		Belial, O Espírito Do Mal (boomer, devil), Demônio (archenemy, archfiend, daemon, demon, Deuce, Dickens, fiend, genocide, gremlin, poltergeist). (various references)

Russian		�"ьявол. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		satana (archfiend, devil, satan), đavo (deuce, devil, fiend, hellhound, satan, scratch: old scratch). (various references)

Swedish		Demon (daemon, demon, demos, fiend, jinn, jinnee). (various references)

Turkish		Þeytan (Deuce, Dickens, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Satan), Ýblis (Beelzebub, Satan). (various references)

Welsh		y fall (perdition). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: BELIAL

Language	Date	Source	1 Samuel Chapter 2, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai oi uioi hli tou ierewV uioi loimoi ouk eidoteV ton kurion
Latin	405	Vulgate	Porro filii Heli filii Belial nescientes Dominum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Forsothe the sones of Hely the sones of Belial,
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.
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Matched Bible Translations: BELIAL

Language	1 Samuel Chapter 2, Verse 12
Cebuano	Karon ang mga anak nga lalake ni Eli mga dautang tawo; sila wala makaila kang Jehova.
Chinese	以利的兩個 �' 子是惡人、不認識耶 �'� 華。
Croatian	A Elijevi sinovi bijahu nevaljali ljudi jer nisu marili za Jahvu
Danish	Men Elis Sønner var Niddinger; de ænsede hverken HERREN
Dutch	Doch de zonen van Eli waren kinderen Belials; zij kenden den HEERE niet.
Finnish	Mutta Eelin pojat olivat kelvottomia miehiä; he eivät välittäneet Herrasta
French	Les fils d`Éli étaient des hommes pervers, ils ne connaissaient point l`Éternel.
German	Aber die Söhne Elis waren böse Buben; die fragten nicht nach dem HERRN
Hungarian	Éli fiai azonban Béliál fiai valának, nem ismerék az Urat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Anak-anak Eli jahat sekali. Mereka tidak mengindahkan TUHAN
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Arakian, maka anak laki-laki Eli itu orang jahat adanya, tiada ia mengetahui akan Tuhan.
Italian	Ora i figli di Eli erano uomini depravati; non tenevano in alcun conto il Signore,
Korean	엘 리 의 아 �"� �"� 은 불 량 자 라 여 호 와 를 알 지 아 니 하 �" 라
Maori	Na he tama na Periara nga tama a Eri; kihai ratou i mohio ki a Ihowa.
Norwegian	Men Elis sønner var ryggesløse; de brydde sig ikke om Herren.
Portuguese	Ora, os filhos de Eli eram homens ímpios; não conheciam ao Senhor.
Rumanian	Fiii lui Eli erau niwte oameni rqi. Nu cunowteau pe Domnul.
Spanish	Los hijos de Elí eran hombres impíos, que no tenían conocimiento de Jehovah.
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Rhyming with "BELIAL"

Words rhyming with "BELIAL" (pronounced 'Be"li*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BELIAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: alible, labile, liable.
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l"
	-1 letter: ileal, label, libel.
	-2 letters: able, bail, bale, ball, bell, bile, bill, blae, ilea, leal.
	-3 letters: ail, alb, ale, all, bal, bel, ell, ill, lab, lea, lei, lib, lie.
	-4 letters: ab, ae, ai, al, ba, be, bi, el, la, li.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l"
	+1 letter: ballies, braille, liberal, likable, linable, livable, lobelia, pliable.
	+2 letters: alliable, bailable, balkline, balletic, ballsier, balmlike, bastille, billable, billhead, blearily, boilable, brailled, brailles, fallible, fileable, filmable, fireball, foilable, isolable, labeling, lamblike, lapsible, leviable, libelant, liberals, lienable, liftable, likeable, lineable, linkable, listable, liveable, lobelias, mailable, millable, mislabel, reliable, reliably, sailable, slablike, slidable, tillable, tiltable, violable, willable.
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