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Concord (συμφώνησις)
Only here in the New Testament. From σύν together, φωνή voice. Primarily of the concord of sounds. So the kindred συφωνία, A.V., music, see on Luk 15:25. Compare σύμφωνος with consent, 1Co 7:5; and συμφωνέω to agree, Mat 18:19; Luk 5:36, etc.
Belial (βελίαρ)
Beliar. Belial is a transcript of the Hebrew, meaning worthlessness or wickedness. The Septuagint renders it variously by transgressor, impious, foolish, pest. It does not occur in the Septuagint as a proper name. The form Beliar, which is preferred by critics, is mostly ascribed to the Syriac pronunciation of Belial, the change of l into r being quite common. Others, however, derive from Belyar, Lord of the forest. Here a synonym for Satan. Stanley remarks that our associations with the word are colored by the attributes ascribed to Belial by Milton (“Paradise Lost,” B. ii.), who uses the word for sensual profligacy.