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Strong's G954 · Greek

Βεελζεβούλ Βεεζεβούλ

Beelzeboul · beh-el-zeb-ool'

of Chaldee origin (by parody on 1176); dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

Βεελζεβούλ (G954)

7 Βεελζεβούλ (WH, App. , 159, Rec., βεελζεβούλ ), ὁ , indecl. (Heb. בַּעַל , lord , and the Talmudic זִבּוּל , from זֶבֶל , dung (Dalman, Gr. , 137 n ), or perh. זְבֻל , habitation , but, v. DB , iv, 409 f.; DCG , i, 181). The AV, RV, Beelzebub , comes through Vg. from IV Ki 1:2 , בַּעַל זִבוּב , lord of flies (LXX, βάαλ μυῖα , Sm., βεελζεβούβ ), Beelzebul , Beelzebub , a name of Satan: Mt 10:25 12:24 , 27 , Mk 3:22 , Lk 11:15 , 18 , 19 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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