Belial

2 Corinthians 6:15 KJV 1900

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

Deuteronomy 13:13 KJV 1900

Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

Judges 19:22 KJV 1900

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

1 Samuel 2:12 KJV 1900

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:25 KJV 1900

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

955. Βελίαλ Belíal; masc . noun transliterated from the Hebr . Belīyyaʿal (1100) meaning wickedness (1 Sam. 25:25). Belial, a word applied by the sacred writers to such lewd, profligate, and vile persons as seem to regard neither God nor man (Deut. 13:13; Judg. 19:22; 1 Sam. 2:12). Used as an appellation of Satan by the Apostle Paul in 2 Cor. 6:15 to the citizens of Corinth known for their lewdness and profligacy, “What concord hath Christ with Belial?” who is the prince of licentiousness and corruption.

1100. בְּלִיַּעַל‎ beliyyaʿal: A masculine noun of unknown origin meaning worthlessness. Often a strong moral component in the context suggests the state of being good for nothing and therefore expresses the concept of wickedness (Job 34:18; Prov. 6:12; Nah. 1:11). It is always used in reference to persons with only two exceptions, once for a disease and once for a nonspecific thing (Ps. 41:8[9]; 101:3). The term is applied to the hard-hearted (Deut. 15:9; 1 Sam. 30:22); perjurers (1 Kgs. 21:13; Prov. 19:28); and those promoting rebellion against a king’s authority (2 Sam. 20:1; 2 Chr. 13:7) or God’s authority (Deut. 13:13[14]). This word was not treated as a proper name by the Septuagint translators of the Old Testament, but it does appear in its Greek form as a name for the devil in the Dead Sea scrolls and in the New Testament (2 Cor. 6:15).