Beelzebub

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Beelzebub
       n : (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil
           and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
           [syn: {Satan}, {Old Nick}, {Devil}, {the Devil}, {Lucifer},
            {the Tempter}, {Prince of Darkness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Beelzebub":
     Abaddon, Aeshma, Angra Mainyu, Apollyon, Azazel, Belial, Eblis,
     Lilith, Lucifer, Mephisto, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch,
     Putana, Sammael, Satan, Shaitan, diablo, fiend, serpent
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Beelzebub
     (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."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Beelzebub, same as Baalzebub