Beelzebub Definition
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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Origin of Beelzebub
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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
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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").
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