G0955

Βελίαλ

BelialN:N--T

Belial

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)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

Βελίαλ — Belíal

Βελιαλ, ὁ (בְּלִיַעַל worthlessness, wickedness), Belial, a name of Satan, 2Co 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 2Co 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. Isa 13:21; Mat 12:43; (BB. DD. under the word, especially Alex.'s Kitto)). Often in ecclesiastical writings

STRONGS NT 955a: βελόνηβελόνη, βελόνης, ἡ (βέλος);

a. the point of a spear.

b. a needle: Luk 18:25 L T Tr WH; see ῤαφίς. ((Batr. 130), Aristophanes, Aeschines, Aristotle, others; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 90.)

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