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
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.
AND there happened to be there a man of belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
¶ And there happened to bee there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba the sonne of Bichri, a Beniamite, & hee blew a trumpet, and said, Wee haue no part in Dauid, neither haue we inheritance in the sonne of Iesse: euery man to his tents, O Israel.
¶ But the sons of belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
¶ But the sonnes of Belial shall bee all of them as thornes thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands,
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Historical English dictionary sources
As a noun, unprofitableness; wickedness. As an adjective, worthless; wicked. In a collective sense, wicked men.
