Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Βεελζεβούλ • ‎(Beelzeboúl) m ‎(indeclinable)

1. Beelzebub, a name for Satan.

Usage notes

Βεελζεβούλ is generally translated as Beelzebub as a result of the usage of בעל זבוב "lord of the flies" in 1 Kings. Scholars are uncertain as to whether this word is a phonetic evolution of בעל זבול "lord of the high places," a mistranscription, or a deliberate insult to the foreign deity.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «Βεελζεβούλ» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G954”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979