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Beelzebub
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Beëlzebub
English
thumb|Beelzebub from the Dictionnaire Infernal
Alternative forms
en Baalzebub Belzebuth Beëlzebub Beelzebul Beelzeboul
Etymology
First attested as en ang Belzebub, from en la Beelzebub, the Vulgate's form of en grc Βεελζεβούλ, from en he בעל זבוב fly-lord ba‘al-z'vúv, mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as “the god of Ekron”.
Pronunciation
en /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Beelzebub.wav Southern England
en /ˈbilzɪbʌb/ GA
Proper noun
en biblical A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
Matthew 12 24 1233 1 But when the Phariſees heard it, they ſaid, This fellow doeth not caſt out deuils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils.
en Christianity Satan, the Devil.
en Thesaurus:Satan
en w:Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody 1975 Queen A Night at the Opera Mamma mia, let me go / Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
Derived terms
en Beelzebubian cast out the Devil with Beelzebub
Related terms
en Baal
Translations
a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil
Aghwan: xag 𐔱𐔴𐔾𐔵𐔴𐔱𐕒𐕡𐔾
Arabic: ar بَعْل زَبُوب m, ar بَعْلْزَبُول m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ
Armenian: hy Բեհեղզեբուղ
Basque: eu Beltzebu
Bengali: bn বাইলজাবাব
Bulgarian: bg Велзеву́л m
Catalan: ca Belzebú m
Cherokee: chr ᏇᎵᏥᏆ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 別西卜, cmn 巴力西卜 Bālìxībǔ, cmn 貝爾則步 Bèi'ěrzébù Catholic
Dutch: nl Beëlzebub m
Esperanto: eo Belzebubo
French: fr Belzébuth m
Galician: gl Belcebú
German: de Beelzebub m
Greek: el βελζεβούλ m
Ancient Greek: grc Βεελζεβούλ m
Hebrew: he בַּעַל זְבוּב m bá'al zvuv
Hindi: hi बालज़बूब m bālzabūb
Italian: it Belzebù m
Kazakh: kk Белзебүл, kk Бағал-Зебуб
Macedonian: mk Велзевул m
Portuguese: pt Belzebu m
Russian: ru Вельзеву́л m
Spanish: es Belcebú m
Swedish: sv Belsebub
Thai: th บีเอลซิบับ
Turkish: tr Baalzevul
Turkmen: tk Beýelzebul
Vietnamese: vi Ba-anh-xê-bụt, vi Bê-ên-xê-bun, vi Ba-an-dơ-vúp, vi Bê-en-dê-bun
Welsh: cy Beelsebwl
See also
en lord of the flies
References
Further reading
en Biblical characters Gods
German
Alternative forms
de Beelzebul
Pronunciation
de De-Beelzebub.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Beelzebub2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,es:s:-
de no plural Christianity Judaism Beelzebub
de 1995 Über Sex kann man nur auf Englisch singen Tocotronic Digital ist Besser Doch gibt's ein Verlangen zu beschreiben / Den Teufel mit dem Beelzebub vertreiben
demon, devil
Declension
m,es:s:-
Latin
Alternative forms
la Beelzebul
Etymology
Translating la grc Βεελζεβούλ and la hbo בעל זבוב fly-lord Ba‘al-z'būb; perhaps a corruption of Beelzebul, meaning Lord of the Dwelling, with -bul altered to -bub to change the meaning to Lord of the Flies.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beelzebub m 1
la biblical the god of the Philistine city of Ekron.
la pejorative Beelzebul
References