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Meaning of Beelzebub in English
Pronunciation
/biˈɛlzəˌbəb/
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Noun
Beelzebub
Etymology
from late Latin Beëlzebub, translating Hebrew ba‘al zĕḇūḇ‘lord of flies’, the name of a Philistine god (2 Kings 1:2), and Greek Beelzeboul‘the Devil’ (Matt. 12:24)
Definitions
1.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God
Examples
« tempter of mankind »
« master of Hell »