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Beelzebub

[ bee-el-zuh-buhb, beel-zuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Beelzebub

/ bɪˈɛlzɪˌbʌb /

Beelzebub

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

By extension, a “Beelzebub” is any demon or evil spirit.

Beelzebub also appears in Milton's Paradise Lost as one of the fallen angels , second only to Satan in power.

Old English Belzebub , ultimately from Hebrew bá`al zebūb , literally: lord of flies

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out devils but by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.

They will make a bonfire of the houses of those bourgeois and artisans fit to roast Beelzebub!

You are not ignorant that the millions that follow the standard of Beelzebub are to be plunged with him into eternal misery.

Ingenious gentlemen who believe that Beelzebub made this world, are not a class of gentlemen I can get profit from.

I heard him mutter, "Beelzebub, prince of devils," so I suppose the cabin boy had given his bird a bad name.

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