Belial
Term in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; later denoted a devil or fallen angel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belial (/ˈbiːli.əl/;[1] Hebrew: בְּלִיַּעַל, Bəlīyyaʿal) is a term occurring in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament which later became personified as the devil[2] in Christian texts of the New Testament.[3] Alternate spellings include Baalial, Balial, Belhor, Beliall, Beliar, Berial, Bylyl and Beliya'al. In the Secret Book of John, an early Gnostic text, the ruler of the underworld is referred to as Belias.[4]
This article is about the term in the Hebrew Bible. For other uses, see Belial (disambiguation).