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The Hebrew word signifies 'worthless, lawless,' and is not a proper name, but is used as a personification of evil; thus we have 'son of Belial, daughter of Belial,' etc. Deut. 13: 13; Judges 19: 22; 1 Sam.
1: 16; 1 Sam. 25: 17, 25; etc. In the N.T. it is put in contradistinction to Christ as if it meant Satan, 2 Cor. 6: 15: it is there βελίαρ.