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2 Samuel 23:6

“But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בְּלִיַּעַלbᵉlîyaʻal · bel-e-yah'-al
H1100 · Hebrew

Definition: without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
Derivation: from H1097 (בְּלִי) and H3276 (יַעַל);(often in connection with H376 (אִישׁ), H802 (אִשָּׁה), H1121 (בֵּן), etc.)
KJV renderings: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
בְלִיַּ֕עַל — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 13:14 Deuteronomy 15:9 Judges 19:22 Judges 20:13 1 Samuel 1:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בְּלִיַּעַל here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.