Beelzebub Definition

bē-ĕlzə-bŭb
noun
The Devil; Satan.
American Heritage
The chief devil; Satan.
Webster's New World
One of the fallen angels in Milton's Paradise Lost. Beelzebub was next to Satan in power.
American Heritage
In Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan's chief lieutenant among the fallen angels.
Webster's New World
An evil spirit; a demon.
American Heritage
pronoun

A Semitic deity that was worshiped in the Philistine city of Ekron and in later Christian and Biblical sources referred to as another name for the Devil.

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Other Word Forms of Beelzebub

Noun

Singular:
Beelzebub
Plural:
beelzebubs

Origin of Beelzebub

  • Middle English from Old English Belzebub from Late Latin Beelzebūb from Late Greek Beelzeboub from Hebrew ba‘al zəbûb lord (of the) fly alteration of ba‘al zəbûl lord prince bʕl in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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