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beelzebub
/ˈbilzɪbʌb/
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What does beelzebub mean?
proper noun
- A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
- Satan, the Devil.
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The heathen divinities Ashtaroth and Beelzebub were both called Aleim, Ashtaroth being simply Astarte adorned with the horns of a ram.
"If I, by the spirit of Beelzebub, cast out devils, by what kind of a spirit do your children cast them out."
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And as to the king you talk of, since he is Beelzebub, the enemy of our Lord, I defy him and all his angels.
The goodwives who passed took him at first for Beelzebub; then they recognized Boulatruelle, and were not in the least reassured thereby.
So Satan spake, and him Beelzebub Thus answer’d.