BEELZEBUB


Meaning of BEELZEBUB in English

[ bɪ'ɛlzɪbʌb ]

■ noun a name for the Devil.

Origin

from late L. Beëlzebub , translating Heb. ba῾al zĕ ḇ ū ḇ 'lord of flies', the name of a Philistine god, and Gk Beelzeboul 'the Devil'.

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