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- Hebrew · derived fromבְלִיַּעַל
- Latin · borrowed fromBĕlĭal
- English todayBelial
Latin Bĕlĭal, Hebrew בְלִיַּעַל. Of uncertain origin. It has been conventionally interpreted as בְּלִי (“without”) + a word meaning "use" (hence "useless, worthless"), but it is unclear what the latter word is.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.