What does בְּלִיַּעַל · ἄνομος mean in the Bible?
בְּלִיַּעַל · ἄνομος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "worthless, morally corrupt, lawless".
Hebrew · H1100, G459
בְּלִיַּעַל
Without profit , worthlessness ; by extension, destruction , wickedness · lawless
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בְּלִיַּעַל H1100 without profit , worthlessness ; by extension, destruction , wickedness
Pronunciation belial
Worthlessness escalates to cosmic evil; denotes persons/forces fundamentally opposed to God's order and covenant
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ἄνομος G459 lawless
Pronunciation ánomos
Describes both active wickedness and those existing outside God's law entirely, not merely lawbreaking
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What does בְּלִיַּעַל (beliyyaal) mean in the Bible?
בְּלִיַּעַל · ἄνομος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "worthless, morally corrupt, lawless".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1100, G459?
H1100, G459 is connected to 27 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. worthless, morally corrupt, lawless
Strong's H1100, G459
Lexical occurrences 27 verses Source Gloss
worthless, morally corrupt, lawless
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּלִיַּעַל is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain