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Belial
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Bélial
English
Alternative forms
en Beliar
Etymology
en la Bĕlĭal, en he בְלִיַּעַל.
Of uncertain origin. It has been conventionally interpreted as he בְּלִי without + a word meaning "use" (hence "useless, worthless"), but it is unclear what the latter word is.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbiːli.əl/ /ˈbiːl.jəl/ /bəˈlaɪ.əl/ spelling pronunciation
Proper noun
en mythological creatures A wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
en 2016-02-24 Nancy Rosenfeld The Human Satan in Seventeenth-Century English Literature: From Milton to Rochester Routledge 9781317028307 93 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.
Derived terms
en Belialic
Translations
a wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha
Arabic: ar بَلِيَّعَال m
Esperanto: eo Belialo
French: fr Bélial m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Βελιάρ m, grc Βελίαλ m
Japanese: ja ベリアル Beriaru
Korean: ko ^벨리알
Macedonian: mk Велијар
Polish: pl Belial m
Russian: ru Белиа́л m
Swedish: sv Beliar c, sv Belial c
Anagrams
en abeill Biella alible labile liable