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בעל_זבוב

בעל זבוב

Hebrew

Proper noun

בַּעַל זְבוּב • ‎(Ba'al Zvuv) m

Beelzebub, the lord of the flies, a Philistine god sometimes identified by Jews and Christians with Satan

References

“H1176”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Etymology

Roots
ב־ע־ל
ז־ב־ב

From baʿal ‎(“lord, master; Baal”) + זְבוּב ‎(zvuv, “fly”, the insect), appearing in the Hebrew Scriptures as the purported name of a deity worshipped by the Philistines in Ekron.