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Be⋅el⋅ze⋅bub

  [bee-el-zuh-buhb, beel-zuh-]
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–noun
1. the chief devil; Satan.
2. a devil.
3. (in Milton's Paradise Lost) one of the fallen angels, second only to Satan.
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Be·el·ze·bub   (bē-ěl'zə-bŭb')   
n.  
  1. The Devil; Satan.
  2. One of the fallen angels in Milton's Paradise Lost. Beelzebub was next to Satan in power.
  3. An evil spirit; a demon.

[Hebrew ba'al zəbûb, lord (of the) fly, alteration of ba'al zəbûl, lord prince; see bʕl in Semitic roots.]
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Beelzebub

Be*el"ze*bub\, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Beelzebub [(bee-el-zuh-bub)]

Another name for Satan. Originally a Philistine god, he is called the Prince of Devils in the New Testament.

Note: Beelzebub also appears in Milton's Paradise Lost as one of the fallen angels, second only to Satan in power.
Note: By extension, a “Beelzebub” is any demon or evil spirit.
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Beelzebub 
O.E. Belzebub, Philistine god worshipped at Ekron (2 Kings i.2), from L., used in Vulgate for N.T. Gk. beelzeboub, from Heb. ba'al-z'bub "lord of the flies," from ba'al "lord" + z'bhubh "fly." By later Christian writers, often taken generically for "Satan," though Milton made him one of the fallen angels.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Beelzebub

in the Bible, the prince of the devils. In the Old Testament, in the form Baalzebub, it is the name given to the god of the Philistine city of Ekron (II Kings 1:1-18). Neither name is found elsewhere in the Old Testament, and there is only one reference to it in other Jewish literature. See devil.

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