The phrase, “sons of Belial,” signifies _wicked, worthless men_. It was given to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who abused the Levite’s wife, Judges xix, 22; Belial is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “wicked, worthless.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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wicked, worthless According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Βελίαλ
G0955
Transliteration
Belial
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N--T
Indexed occurrences
1
Glosses
Belial
Lexicon definition
Βελίαλ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. בְּלִיַּעַל, worthlessness, but see DB, i, 268), Belial, a name of Satan: 2Co.6:15, Rec. See next word.† Βελιάρ, ὁ, indecl. (another form of previous word, "due to harsh Syriac pronunciation," or else Heb. בֵּל יַעַר, lord of the forest), Beliar, a name of Satan: 2Co.6:15 (see DB, i, 269).† (AS)
The phrase, “sons of Belial,” signifies _wicked, worthless men_. It was given to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who abused the Levite’s wife, Judges xix, 22; and to Hophni and Phineas, the wicked and profane sons of Eli, 1 Samuel ii, 12. In later times the name Belial denoted the devil: “What concord hath Christ with Belial?” 2 Cor. vi, 15; for as the word literally imports “one who will do no one good,” the positive sense of a doer of evil was applied to Satan, who is the author of evil, and, eminently, “the Evil One.”