Belial
/ˈbiːli.əl/
Belial proper noun: a wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
Proper noun
Belial
- A wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
- Here, too, the poet calls attention to Belial's role as one who blurs the borderline between essence and appearance: Belial himself seems fair (physically attractive), but is empty inside, and Milton was surely aware that in Hebrew the first syllable of the fallen angel's name means without.2016 February 24, Nancy Rosenfeld, The Human Satan in Seventeenth-Century English Literature: From Milton to Rochester, Routledge, →ISBN, page 93
Belial meaning in Tamil and Arabic
Belial in Tamil
- தீமையின் உருவம், சாத்தான், சைத்தான்
Belial in Arabic
- a wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha
- بَلِيَّعَال baliyyaʕāl
Forms of Belial
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Origin of Belial
Latin Bĕlĭal, Hebrew בְלִיַּעַל. Of uncertain origin. It has been conventionally interpreted as בְּלִי (“without”) + a word meaning "use" (hence "useless, worthless"), but it is unclear what the latter word is.
Words formed from Belial
Questions about Belial
- What does Belial mean?
- Belial means a wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
- What is Belial in Tamil?
- Belial in Tamil is தீமையின் உருவம், சாத்தான், சைத்தான். See Belial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Belial?
- Belial is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Belial?
- Belial is pronounced /ˈbiːli.əl/.
Words near Belial in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Belial (page history and authors); belial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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