noun · masculine
beliar
GreekΒελιάρ (beliar)
Strong’sG955
Beliar
stem beliar-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βελιάρ, ὁ, indecl.
(another form of previous word, "due to harsh Syriac pronunciation," or else < Heb. בֵּל יַעַר, lord of the forest),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G955 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbel-ee'-al
worthlessness; Belial, as an epithet of Satan
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesBelial.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | beliar | beliar |
| object accusative | beliar1×Βελιάρ | beliar |
| direct address vocative | beliar | beliar |
| of, belonging to genitive | beliar | beliar |
| to, for dative | beliar | beliar |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
beliar“Belial”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Corinthians 6:15“Belial”tinas de sumfōnēsias Christou pros Beliar, ē tinas merias pisto meta apistou?What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?