Meaning

2 senses

  1. A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.

  2. Satan, the Devil.

    Beelzebub

    Вельзеву́лVelʹzevúl

Examples

1 sentences

  1. You need Beelzebub to exorcise the Devil.

    deDen Teufel muss man mit Beelzebub austreiben.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil:

Origin

First attested as Old English Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebub, the Vulgate's form of Ancien

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”.

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Forms

Synonyms

43 synonyms
AdversaryC1BeastB1DevilB2EnemyB1AduwallahAl-ShaytaanAntichristarchfiendAsh-ShaytanAzazelbogeycosmocratdeceiverdeuce

See also

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