ΒΕΛΙΑΡʼ, βελιαρʼ
BELIARʼ, beliarʼ
Sounds Like: beh-LEE-ar
Translations: Belial
From the root: ΒΕΛΙΑΡ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Belial is a name or title for Satan or a personification of evil, often used in Jewish and early Christian texts. It signifies worthlessness, wickedness, or destruction. The apostrophe at the end (keraia) indicates that the word is being used as a numeral, representing the number 232. However, in the context of the provided example, it functions as a proper noun, referring to the evil entity. It is a compound word, likely from two Hebrew words meaning 'without' and 'profit' or 'worth'.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G0955 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Corinthians — 6:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΕΛΙΑΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΕΛΙΑΡ — Belial, Beliar
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