belial

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbiːli.əl/
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/ˈbiːli.əl/ · /ˈbiːl.jəl/ · /bəˈlaɪ.əl/

Definition of belial

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha.
    “Here, too, the poet calls attention to Belial's role as one who blurs the borderline between essence and appearance: Belial himself seems fair (physically attractive), but is empty inside, and Milton was surely aware that in Hebrew the first syllable of the fallen angel's name means without.”

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Etymology

Latin Bĕlĭal, Hebrew בְלִיַּעַל. Of uncertain origin. It has been conventionally been interpreted as בְּלִי (“without”) + a word meaning "use" (hence "useless, worthless"), but it is unclear what the latter word is.

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