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bē´li-al, beÌ„l´yal (בּליּעל, belı̄ya‛al; ΒελιÌαÏ, BelıÌar): This name, occurring very frequently in the Old Testament, has the sense of “worthlessness†(compare margin); accordingly in such phrases as “sons of Belial†(; , etc.), “men of Belial†(; , etc.), which the English Revised Version usually retains, the American Standard Revised Version more correctly renders, “base fellows†(so “daughter of Belial†, “wicked womanâ€). There is here no suggestion a proper name. Afterward, however, “Belial†became a proper name for Satan, or for Antichrist (Thus frequently in the Jewish Apocalyptic writings, e.g. in XII the Priestly Code (P), Book Jubilees, Asc Isa, Sib Or). In this sense Paul used the word in , “What concord hath Christ with Belial?†(Beliar). Bousset thinks that Paul's “man of sin†in , where some authorities read “man of lawlessness,†is a translation of this term. The sense at least is similar. See ANTICHRIST; MAN OF SIN.