Beelzebub : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Beelzebub	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Beelzebub
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Beelzebub n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Synonym(s): Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beelzebub \Beel"zebub\, n. The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See {Baal}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beelzebub (Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament (Matt. 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22). It is probably the same as Baalzebub (q.v.), the god of Ekron, meaning "the lord of flies," or, as others think, "the lord of dung," or "the dung-god."
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Beelzebub, same as Baalzebub