Belial

  • 11Belial — Belĭal (hebr., »Nichtswürdigkeit«, »Verderben«), der Teufel …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 12Belial — bedeutet: nichtsnutzig, schädlich im allgemeinen und hängt sprachlich wohl nicht mit Baal, Bel zusammen. Im alten Testamente = personifizirte Gottlosigkeit, in der Kabbalah = Fürst der bösen Dämonen, in der Apostelzeit laut II. Kor. 6,15 =… …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 13Belial — (del hebreo beli•yá•). Significa: “Inútil”; palabra compuesta de belí, “no, sin”, y ya• ál, “ser de provecho; ser provechoso”. Es el nombre de un demonio del viejo testamento. Se usa también para designar la cualidad o condición de ser inútil,… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 14Belial — early 13c., from Heb. bel yya al destruction, lit. worthless, from b li without + ya al use. Wickedness as an evil force (Deut. xiii:13); later treated as a proper name for Satan (2 Cor. vi:15), though Milton made him one of the fallen angels …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15Belial — [bē′lē əl, bēl′yəl] n. [ME < LL (Vulg.: Deut. 13:13) < Heb beliyaal, worthlessness] 1. Bible a) wickedness as an evil force: Deut. 13:13 b) Satan: 2 Cor. 6:15 2. in Milton s Paradise Lost, one of the fallen angels …

    English World dictionary

  • 16Belial — A woodcarving of Belial and some of his followers from Jacobus de Teramo s book Buche Belial (1473). Belial (also Be lial, Belhor, Baalial, Beliar, Belias , Beliall, Beliel, Bilael, Belu; from Hebrew בְּלִיַּ֫עַל Bəliyyáʻal; also named… …

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  • 17Belial — Der Teufel Beliar vor dem Höllentor, Holzschnitt, Augsburg 1473 Belial (hebr. בליעל); bzw. Beliar (griech. Βελιἆρ) ist eine dämonische Gestalt aus der Bibel. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 18Belial — (Beliar)    One of the most important and evil DEMONs, who is deceptively beautiful in appearance and soft in voice, but full of treachery, recklessness, and lies. The 68th of the 72 SPIRITS OF SOLOMON, Belial is dedicated to creating wickedness… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

  • 19Belial — In the OT the word in Hebrew denotes worthlessness (hence sons of Belial in AV of 1 Sam. 10:27; ‘worthless fellows’, NRSV; ‘scoundrels’, REB). In the inter testamental literature and Dead Sea scrolls, Belial becomes the name of the wicked one,… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 20Belial —    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… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary