Brewer's: Man of Belial

Any wicked man. Shimei so called David (2 Sam. xvi. 7). The ungodly are called “children of Belial,” or “sons of Belial.” The word Belial means worthlessness.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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