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HebrewH1100Noun (Masculine)

בְּלִיַּ֫עַל

be.liy.ya.al

22Occurrences
H1100Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness

from H1097 (בְּלִי) and H3276 (יַעַל);(often in connection with H376 (אִישׁ), H802 (אִשָּׁה), H1121 (בֵּן), etc.)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A name like sa.tan (*שָׂטָן *"Satan" H7854) This name means worthless, base, wicked

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

בְּלִיַּ֫עַל appears 22 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
4
Proverbs
3
1 Kings
2
Judges
2
2 Chronicles
1
Deuteronomy
1
Job
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 21:10BSB

But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

1 Samuel 2:12BSB

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

2 Chronicles 13:7BSB

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

2 Samuel 23:6BSB

But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside,for they can never be gathered by hand.

Job 34:18BSB

who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.