בְּלִיַּעַל (bĕlîyaʿal) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning worthlessness. It appears
27 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1100).
Also rendered
Belial
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 246g)
Range of meaning (TWOT 246g)worthlessness; ruin, destruction; without profit, wickedness; Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly, wicked
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בְּלִיַּ֫עַלnoun, masculine: worthlessness
1.abstract
2.concretely elliptical
3.ruin, destruction
Strong's H1100בְּלִיַּעַל: without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness KJV:Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 246: בָּלָהbālâ — become old and worn out; wear out; wear out by use, use to the full, enjoy; fail, decay, consume, spend; enjoy long, become old, waste