*בִּלְיוֹנָא, (בלי, formed like בזיונא) [destruction,] a cacophem. for idolatrous phylactery, amulet (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Amuletum). ב׳ דגושפנקא (Ar. בילוניא) an amulet (stone) set in a ring. Gitt. 57ᵃ עד דמתחזי ב׳ וכ׳ so that the stone of a ring could be distinguished (as to shape, legend &c.) at a distance of a mile (from the illuminated town). Ib. 58ᵃ נקטי ב׳ וכ׳ (Yalk. Lam. 1242 כיליינא, כול׳) they took an amulet (believed to effect the begetting of healthy and handsome children).