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The Devil
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beelzebub
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beelzebub \Be*el"ze*bub\, n. The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Beelzebub or Beel-Zebub ( or ; , Baʿal Zəvûv ; , ) is a contemporary name for the devil . In Christian and Biblical sources, Beelzebub is another name for the devil. In Christian demonology , he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to Catholic ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English Belzebub , Philistine god worshipped at Ekron (2 Kings i:2), from Latin, used in Vulgate for New Testament Greek beelzeboub , from Hebrew ba'al-z'bub "lord of the flies," from ba'al "lord" (see Baal ) + z'bhubh "fly." By later Christian writers ...
Usage examples of beelzebub.
Then came together from all places of the den Beelzebub, Lucifer, Apollyon, with the rest of the rabblement there, to hear what news from Mansoul.
Lord Beelzebub, the Lord Lucifer, the Lord Legion, the Lord Apollyon, the Lord Python, the Lord Cerberus, and the Lord Belial.
Atlantis, and that it was probably from Atlantis they derived their god Baal, or Bel, or El, whose name crops out in the Bel of the Babylonians, the Elohim, and the Beelzebub of the Jews, and the Allah of the Arabians, And we find that this great deity, whose worship extended so widely among the Mediterranean races, was known and adored also upon the northern and western coasts of Europe.
Ready-to-halt a promise in his hand and he will wade the Slough upon it, and scale up and slide down the Hill Difficulty upon it, and fight a lion, and even brain Beelzebub with it, till he will with a grudge and a doubt exchange it even for the chariots and the horses that wait him at the river.
I do believe Beelzebub employs them still, as he did in Eden, for the special plague of us, poor devils.
Don't byproducts from a conjuration involving Beelzebub have a chance of sliding through the underground containment scheme at the dump?
And I am Satan, the demon of the lower levels, also known as Lucifer, Baal, Beelzebub, and I forget what else they call me.
And thank Beelzebub and all the powers of darkness who lent their aid in placing so exquisite a prize in the hands of the conqueror.