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Beelzebub en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbilzɪbʌb/ (General-American)
• /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

First attested as Old English Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebub, the Vulgate's form of Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord”), mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as “the god of Ekron”.

Meanings

1. A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
   • But when the Phariſees heard it, they ſaid, This fellow doeth not caſt out deuils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 12:24, column 1:
2. Satan, the Devil.
   • Mamma mia, let me go / Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me! 1975, Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in A Night at the Opera, performed by Queen:

Forms

Deriveds

cast out the Devil with Beelzebub · Beelzebubian

Relateds

lord of the flies · Baal

Synonyms

Lucifer · Mephistopheles · Serpent · Prince of Evil · Prince of Demons · Antichrist · Old Nick · Old Scratch · deuce · Old One · Old Gentleman · Beelzebub · lord of the flies · Adversary · Jack Ketch · Old Harry · dickens · Father of Lies · Diabolus · deceiver · Aduwallah · Dragon · shaitan · Iblis · Prince of Darkness · Evil One · Devil · Son of the Dawn · bogey · archfiend · Old Serpent · Gog · Azazel · Old Hairy · Beast · Enemy · leviathan · cosmocrat · Satan · diablo · Al-Shaytaan · Sam Scratch · Ash-Shaytan

Translations (38)

mk Велзевул (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · bn বাইলজাবাব (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · bg Велзеву́л (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · it Belzebù (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · hy Բեհեղզեբուղ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · vi Bê-ên-xê-bun (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · sv Belsebub (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · tk Beýelzebul (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · he בַּעַל זְבוּב (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · grc Βεελζεβούλ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · de Beelzebub (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · cy Beelsebwl (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · cmn 貝爾則步 /贝尔则步 (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · es Belcebú (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · chr ᏇᎵᏥᏆ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · eu Beltzebu (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · cmn 巴力西卜 (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · hi बालज़बूब (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · cmn 別西卜 /别西卜 (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · kk Бағал-Зебуб (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · gl Belcebú (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · ca Belzebú (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · syc ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · eo Belzebubo (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · fr Belzébuth (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · xag 𐔱𐔴𐔾𐔵𐔴𐔱𐕒𐕡𐔾 (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · th บีเอลซิบับ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · pt Belzebu (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · ar بَعْل زَبُوب (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · ar بَعْلْزَبُول (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · kk Белзебүл (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · vi Ba-anh-xê-bụt (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · vi Bê-en-dê-bun (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · vi Ba-an-dơ-vúp (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · el βελζεβούλ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · ru Вельзеву́л (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · tr Baalzevul (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) · nl Beëlzebub (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil)