Beelzebul

In Bible versions:

Beelzebul: NET AVS NRSV NASB TEV
Beelzeboul: NIV
Beelzebub: NIV

the prince of demons

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lord of the flies ( --> same as Baalzebub)

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NET Glossary: (traditionally Beelzebub) in the New Testament the name for the chief or prince of demons, identified with Satan (Matt 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, 18, 19)

Greek

Strongs #954: beelzeboul Beelzeboul or beelzeboub

Beelzebub = "lord of the house"

1) a name of Satan, the prince of evil spirits

954 Beelzeboul beh-el-zeb-ool'

of Chaldee origin (by parody on 1176); dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of
Satan:-Beelzebub.
see HEBREW for 01176

Beelzebub [EBD]

(Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament (Matt. 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22). It is probably the same as Baalzebub (q.v.), the god of Ekron, meaning "the lord of flies," or, as others think, "the lord of dung," or "the dung-god."

Beer - well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num. 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.)

(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg. 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.

Beelzebub [NAVE]

BEELZEBUB
The prince of devils, Matt. 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, 18, 19.
Messengers sent to inquire of, by Ahaziah, 2 Kin. 1:2.
See: Baal-zebub.

Beelzebul [NAVE]

BEELZEBUL
See: Beelzebub.

BEELZEBUB [SMITH]

[See BEELZEBUL]

BEELZEBUL [SMITH]

(lord of the house), the title of a heathen deity, to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; Satan, the prince of the devils. (Matthew 10:25; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15) ff. The correct reading is without doubt Beelzebul , and not Beelzebub .

BEELZEBUB [ISBE]

BEELZEBUB - be-el'-ze-bub (in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) is an error (after the Vulgate) for Beelzebul (Revised Version margin) Beelzeboul; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Beezeboul): In the time of Christ this was the current name for the chief or prince of demons, and was identified with SATAN (which see) and the DEVIL (which see). The Jews committed the unpardonable sin of ascribing Christ's work of casting out demons to Beelzebul, thus ascribing to the worst source the supreme manifestation of goodness (Mt 10:25; 12:24,27; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15,18,19). There can be little doubt that it is the same name as BAALZEBUB (which see). It is a well-known phenomenon in the history of religions that the gods of one nation become the devils of its neighbors and enemies. When the Aryans divided into Indians and Iranians, the Devas remained gods for the Indians, but became devils (daevas) for the Iranians, while the Ahuras remained gods for the Iranians and became devils (asuras) for the Indians. Why Baalzebub became Beelzebul, why the b changed into l, is a matter of conjecture. It may have been an accident of popular pronunciation, or a conscious perversion (Beelzebul in Syriac = "lord of dung"), or Old Testament zebhubh may have been a perversion, accidental or intentional of zebhul (= "house"), so that Baalzebul meant "lord of the house." These are the chief theories offered (Cheyne in EB; Barton in Hastings, ERE).

T. Rees