Strong's Concordance Beliar: "lord of the forest," Beliar, a name of Satan Original Word: Βελίαρ, ὁPart of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Beliar Phonetic Spelling: (bel-ee'-al) Short Definition: Beliar Definition: Belial, a demon, and in fact a name for Satan. HELPS Word-studies 955 Belíal (transliterated from the OT 1100 /glṓssa, "worthless, vile, wickedness") – Belial, an appellation of Satan which stresses his deep-seated wickedness – "the one who is utterly worthless because vile." Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 955: ΒελιαλΒελιαλ, ὁ (בְּלִיַעַל worthlessness, wickedness), Belial, a name of Satan, 2 Corinthians 6:15 in Rec.bez elz L. But Βελιάρ (which see) is preferable (see WHs Appendix, p. 159; Buttmann, 6). STRONGS NT 955: ΒελιάρΒελιάρ, ὁ, indeclinable, Beliar, a name of Satan in 2 Corinthians 6:15 Rec.st G T Tr WH, etc. This form is either robe ascribed (as most suppose) to the harsh Syriac pronunciation of the word Βελιαλ (q. v.), or must be derived from יַעַר בֵּל lord of the forest, i. e. who rules over forests and deserts (cf. the Sept. Isaiah 13:21; Matthew 12:43; (BB. DD. under the word STRONGS NT 955a: βελόνηβελόνη, βελόνης, ἡ (βέλος); a. the point of a spear. b. a needle: Luke 18:25 L T Tr WH; see ῤαφίς. ((Batr. 130), Aristophanes, Aeschines, Aristotle, others; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 90.) Of Hebrew origin (bliya'al); worthlessness; Belial, as an epithet of Satan -- Belial. see HEBREW bliya'al Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 9551 Occurrence Βελίαρ — 1 Occ. 2 Corinthians 6:15 N GRK: Χριστοῦ πρὸς Βελίαρ ἢ τίς NAS: has Christ with Belial, or KJV: hath Christ with Belial? or what INT: Christ with Belial or what |
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