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Be⋅li⋅al

  [bee-lee-uhl, beel-yuhl]
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–noun
1. Theology. the spirit of evil personified; the devil; Satan.
2. (in Milton's Paradise Lost) one of the fallen angels.
Origin:
< Heb bəliyyaʿal, equiv. to bəlī without + yaʿal, worth, use
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Be·li·al   (bē'lē-əl, bēl'yəl)   
n.  

  1. A personification of wickedness and ungodliness alluded to in the Bible.

  2. One of the fallen angels who rebelled against God in Milton's Paradise Lost.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Belial 
c.1225, from Heb. bel'yya'al "destruction," lit. "worthless," from b'li "without" + ya'al "use." Wickedness as an evil force (Deut. xiii.13); later treated as a proper name for Satan (2 Cor. vi.15), though Milton made him one of the fallen angels.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Belial

worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the personification of all that is evil. It is translated "wicked" in Deut. 15:9; Ps. 41:8 (R.V. marg.); 101:3; Prov. 6:12, etc. The expression "son" or "man of Belial" means simply a worthless, lawless person (Judg. 19:22; 20:13; 1 Sam. 1:16; 2:12).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Belial

in Judaism and Christianity, the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God.

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