Beelzebub

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Beelzebub

/biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/ UK
/ˈbilzɪbʌb/ US

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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”.

proper noun Baalzebub · Belzebuth · Beëlzebub · Beelzebul · Beelzeboul

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.
Satan, the Devil. Mamma mia, let me go / Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
Similar: Aduwallah, Adversary, Al-Shaytaan, Antichrist, archfiend, Ash-Shaytan, Azazel, Beast, Beelzebub, bogey, cosmocrat, deceiver

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name a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil

Español	Belcebú
中文	別西卜 /别西卜 Biéxībǔ, 巴力西卜 Bālìxībǔ
हिन्दी	बालज़बूब bālzabūb
Português	Belzebu
Français	Belzébuth
Deutsch	Beelzebub
Italiano	Belzebù
Ελληνικά	βελζεβούλ velzevoúl
Русский	Вельзеву́л Velʹzevúl
Tiếng Việt	Ba-anh-xê-bụt, Bê-ên-xê-bun, Ba-an-dơ-vúp, Bê-en-dê-bun
العربية	بَعْل زَبُوب baʕl zabūb, بَعْلْزَبُول baʕlzabūl
עברית	בַּעַל זְבוּב bá'al zvuv

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@misc{beelzebub_2026,
  title = {Beelzebub},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beelzebub},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}