Beelzebub
noun/biˈelzɪbʌb/
/biˈelzɪbʌb/
- a name for the devilWord Originfrom late Latin Beëlzebub, translating Hebrew ba‘al zěb̲ūb̲ ‘lord of flies’, the name of a Philistine god, and Greek Beelzeboul ‘the Devil’, mentioned in the Bible.
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