Beelzebub

Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːˈɛlzɪbÊŒb/

Alternative forms

• Beëlzebub

Origin

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

Full definition of Beelzebub

Proper noun

1. 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
• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, ,But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.