Etymology

Beelzebub

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Today it means: A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron. Full definition →

Old English Belzebub ← Latin Beelzebub ← Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromבעל זבוב“fly-lord”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΒεελζεβούλ
  3. Latin · derived fromBeelzebub
  4. Old English · inherited fromBelzebub
  5. English todayBeelzebub

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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