Βεελζεβούλ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בעל זבוב‎ (Ba'al Zvuv).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.elz.de.bǒːl/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bɛ.ɛl.zɛˈbul/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.el.zeˈβul/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.el.zeˈvul/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.el.zeˈvul/

Proper noun

Βεελζεβούλ • (Beelzeboúl) m (indeclinable)

Beelzebub, a name for Satan.

Usage notes

Βεελζεβούλ is generally translated as Beelzebub as a result of the usage of בעל זבוב‎ (“lord of the flies”) in 1 Kings. Scholars are uncertain as to whether this word is a phonetic evolution of בעל זבול‎ (“lord of the high places”), a mistranscription, or a deliberate insult to the foreign deity.

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Βεελζεβούλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
G954 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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