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hebrew #1100 - בְּלִיַּעַל beliyyaal (worthlessness)


Original Word:בְּלִיַּעַל
Transliteration: beliyyaal
Definition:worthlessness
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(bel-e-yah'-al)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly men, wicked

From bliy and ya'al; without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 'iysh, 'ishshah, ben, etc.) -- Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.

see HEBREW bliy

see HEBREW ya'al

see HEBREW 'iysh

see HEBREW 'ishshah

see HEBREW ben


Englishman's Concordance

1) worthlessness
1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow
1b) wicked
1c) ruin, destruction (construct)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1097 and H3276
Same Word by TWOT Number: 246g

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בְּלִיַּ֫עַל27noun [masculine]worthlessness (compound בְּלִיnot, without and יַעַלworth, use, profit) — ׳בּDeuteronomy 13:14 20t.; בְּלִיָּ֑עַלPsalm 101:3 5t.; — the quality of being useless, good for nothing.

1 abstract אִישׁ(ה)בליעל, אַנְשֵׁי הבליעל, worthless, good-for-nothing, base fellows1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 21:13; Proverbs 16:27;=׳בֶּןבֿ1 Samuel 25:17, ׳בְּנֵי בDeuteronomy 13:14; Judges 19:22; Judges 20:13; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 21:10,13; 2Chronicles 13:7; ׳בַּת ב1 Samuel 1:16 (drunken woman); ׳עֵד בbase witnessProverbs 19:28; ׳דְּבַר בbase, wicked thingPsalm 41:9 (yet compare 3 below), Psalm 101:3 (add probably also 1 Samuel 29:10, so ᵐ5 We Dr); ׳דָּבָרב֗֗֗ (elliptical and in apposition) Deuteronomy 15:9.

2 concrete elliptical of ׳אישׁ ב2 Samuel 23:6; Job 34:18; כָּלאִֿישׁ רַע וּבְלִיַּעַל1 Samuel 30:22; אָדָם בְּלִיַּעַלProverbs 6:12.

3ruin, destruction: so Psalm 41:9 according to De Che and others, but see above; ׳יֹעֵץ בcounsellor of ruinNahum 1:11; ׳ב alone a man of ruin, destroyerNahum 2:1; ׳נַחֲלֵי בfloods of destruction ("" שְׁאוֺל) 2 Samuel 22:5=Psalm 18:5.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1100. בְּלִיַּ֫עַל (beliyyaal) — 27 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 13:13
HEB:אֲנָשִׁ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־ בְלִיַּ֙עַל֙ מִקִּרְבֶּ֔ךָ וַיַּדִּ֛יחוּ
NAS:some worthless men have gone
KJV: the children of Belial, are gone out
INT: men the children worthless among seduced

Deuteronomy 15:9
HEB:עִם־ לְבָבְךָ֨ בְלִיַּ֜עַל לֵאמֹ֗ר קָֽרְבָ֣ה
NAS: that there is no base thought
KJV: that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart,
INT: in your heart base saying hand

Judges 19:22
HEB:אַנְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־ בְלִיַּ֗עַל נָסַ֙בּוּ֙ אֶת־
NAS: certain worthless fellows,
KJV: sons of Belial, beset
INT: certain fellows worthless surrounded the house

Judges 20:13
HEB:הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־ בְלִיַּ֜עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּגִּבְעָה֙
NAS: up the men, the worthless fellows
KJV: the children of Belial, which [are] in Gibeah,
INT: the men fellows the worthless after Gibeah

1 Samuel 1:16
HEB:לִפְנֵ֖י בַּת־ בְּלִיָּ֑עַל כִּֽי־ מֵרֹ֥ב
NAS: your maidservant as a worthless woman,
KJV: a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance
INT: for woman A worthless out of my great

1 Samuel 2:12
HEB:עֵלִ֖י בְּנֵ֣י בְלִיָּ֑עַל לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ
NAS: of Eli were worthless men;
KJV: [were] sons of Belial; they knew
INT: of Eli men were worthless did not know

1 Samuel 10:27
HEB: וּבְנֵ֧י בְלִיַּ֣עַל אָמְר֗וּ מַה־
NAS:But certain worthless men said,
KJV: But the children of Belial said,
INT: men worthless said How

1 Samuel 25:17
HEB:וְהוּא֙ בֶּן־ בְּלִיַּ֔עַל מִדַּבֵּ֖ר אֵלָֽיו׃
NAS: his household; and he is such a worthless man
KJV: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak
INT: he man A worthless speak against

1 Samuel 25:25
HEB:אֶל־ אִישׁ֩ הַבְּלִיַּ֨עַל הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־
NAS: to this worthless man,
KJV: this man of Belial, [even] Nabal:
INT: about man worthless to this and

1 Samuel 30:22
HEB:אִֽישׁ־ רָ֣ע וּבְלִיַּ֗עַל מֵֽהָאֲנָשִׁים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: the wicked and worthless men
KJV: men and [men] of Belial, of those
INT: men the wicked and worthless to every who

2 Samuel 16:7
HEB:הַדָּמִ֖ים וְאִ֥ישׁ הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃
NAS: of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!
KJV: man, and thou man of Belial:
INT: of bloodshed fellow and worthless

2 Samuel 20:1
HEB:נִקְרָ֜א אִ֣ישׁ בְּלִיַּ֗עַל וּשְׁמ֛וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע
NAS:Now a worthless fellow happened
KJV: to be there a man of Belial, whose name
INT: happened fellow worthless name was Sheba

2 Samuel 22:5
HEB:מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃
NAS: me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed
KJV: me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
INT: of death the torrents of destruction overwhelmed

2 Samuel 23:6
HEB: וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל כְּק֥וֹץ מֻנָ֖ד
NAS:But the worthless, every one
KJV:But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns
INT:the worthless thorns will be thrust

1 Kings 21:10
HEB:אֲנָשִׁ֥ים בְּנֵֽי־ בְלִיַּעַל֮ נֶגְדּוֹ֒ וִיעִדֻ֣הוּ
NAS: and seat two worthless men before
KJV: sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness
INT: men sons worthless before testify

1 Kings 21:13
HEB:הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים בְּנֵֽי־ בְלִיַּעַל֮ וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ נֶגְדּוֹ֒
NAS: Then the two worthless men came
KJV: children of Belial, and sat
INT: men children worthless and sat before

1 Kings 21:13
HEB:וַיְעִדֻהוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַבְּלִיַּ֜עַל אֶת־ נָב֗וֹת
NAS: before him; and the worthless men
KJV: before him: and the men of Belial witnessed
INT: testified men and the worthless Naboth before

2 Chronicles 13:7
HEB:רֵקִים֙ בְּנֵ֣י בְלִיַּ֔עַל וַיִּֽתְאַמְּצ֖וּ עַל־
KJV: the children of Belial, and have strengthened
INT: and worthless the son of Belial proved too

Job 34:18
HEB:הַאֲמֹ֣ר לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בְּלִיָּ֑עַל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע אֶל־
NAS: to a king, 'Worthless one,' To nobles,
KJV: to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes,
INT: says to a king Worthless Wicked about

Psalm 18:4
HEB:מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃
NAS: me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified
KJV: me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
INT: of death and the torrents of ungodliness terrified

Psalm 41:8
HEB: דְּֽבַר־ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָצ֣וּק בּ֑וֹ
NAS:A wicked thing is poured
KJV:An evil disease,
INT: thing A wicked is poured when

Psalm 101:3
HEB:עֵינַ֗י דְּֽבַר־ בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל עֲשֹֽׂה־ סֵטִ֥ים
NAS: I will set no worthless thing before
KJV: I will set no wicked thing
INT: my eyes thing worthless the work aside

Proverbs 6:12
HEB: אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן
NAS:A worthless person, a wicked
KJV:A naughty person, a wicked
INT: person A worthless man A wicked

Proverbs 16:27
HEB: אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה
NAS:A worthless man digs
KJV:An ungodly man diggeth up
INT: man A worthless digs evil

Proverbs 19:28
HEB: עֵ֣ד בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
NAS:A rascally witness makes a mockery
KJV:An ungodly witness scorneth
INT: witness A rascally scorneth of justice

Nahum 1:11
HEB:רָעָ֑ה יֹעֵ֖ץ בְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ ס
NAS: against the LORD, A wicked counselor.
KJV: against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
INT: evil counselor A wicked

Nahum 1:15
HEB:בָּ֥ךְ ק) בְּלִיַּ֖עַל כֻּלֹּ֥ה נִכְרָֽת׃
NAS: again will the wicked one pass
KJV: thy vows: for the wicked shall no more
INT: pass pass will the wicked completely is cut

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