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BEELZEBUB
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: bee-EL-zi-bub (English), BEEL-zi-bub (English) [key]
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From Hebrew בַעַל זְבוּב (Ba'al Zevuv) meaning "lord of flies", intended as a mocking alteration of באל זבל (Ba'al Zevul) "Ba'al the exalted", one of the Canaanite names for their god BA'AL. In Milton's 'Paradise Lost' (1667) this was the name of Satan's chief lieutenant. |
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