KJV dictionary & concordance
Worthlessness or wickedness; a child or man of Belial is a wicked person.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 13:13
Complete exact-word concordance
Certain men, the children of belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Certaine men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and haue withdrawen the inhabitants of their citie, saying, Let vs goe & serue other gods, which ye haue not knowen:
1611 marginal noteOr, naughty men.
¶ 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.
¶ Now as they were making their hearts merrie, behold, the men of the citie, certaine sonnes of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the doore, and spake to the master of the house, the olde man, saying; Bring foorth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
Now therfore deliuer vs the men, the children of Belial which are in Gibeah, that wee may put them to death, and put away euill from Israel: but the children of Beniamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and griefe, haue I spoken hitherto.
1611 marginal noteOr, meditation.
¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of belial; they knew not the Lord.
¶ Now the sonnes of Eli were sonnes of Belial, they knewe not the LORD.
But the children of belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
But the children of Belial sayd, Howe shall this man saue vs? and they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his peace.
1611 marginal noteOr, he was, as though he had beene deafe.
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt doe: for euill is determined against our master, and against all his houshold: for he is such a sonne of Belial, that a man cannot speake to him.
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.
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, euen 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 yong men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1611 marginal noteHeb. lay it to his heart.
Then answered all the wicked men and men of belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that went with Dauid, and said, Because they went not with vs, we wil not giue them ought of the spoile, that wee haue recouered, saue to euery man his wife and his children, that they may leade them away, and depart.
1611 marginal noteHeb. men.
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of belial:
And thus said Shimei when hee cursed, Come out, come out thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
1611 marginal noteHebr. man of blood.
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Historical English dictionary sources
As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness. As an adjective, worthless; wicked. In a collective sense, wicked men.
