Beelzebub

• Baalzebub, Belzebuth, Beëlzebub

From Latin Beelzebūb, the Vulgate's form of Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) and Hebrew בעל זבוב‎ (ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord”), mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as "the god of Ekron".

• IPA^(key): /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/

Beelzebub

1. (biblical) A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Matthew, 12:24

     But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

2. (Christianity) Satan, the Devil.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

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Beelzebub m (genitive Beelzebubes or Beelzebubs or Beelzebub, plural Beelzebube)

1. (singular only) Beelzebub
2. a demon, devil

• Beelzebul

Translating Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) and Hebrew בעל זבוב‎ (ba‘al-z'būb, “fly-lord”); perhaps a corruption of Beelzebul, meaning Lord of the High Place, with -bul altered to -bub to change the meaning to Lord of the Flies.

(Classical) IPA^(key): /beˈel.ze.bub/, [bɛˈɛɫ.zɛ.bʊb]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈel.ze.bub/, [beˈel.d͡ze.bub]

Beelzebub m (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) the god of the Philistine city of Ekron.
2. (derogatory) Beelzebul

• Beelzebub in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beelzebub in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette