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Beelzeboul <a href="../greek/955.htm" title="955">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Beelzeboul: Beelzebul, Beelzebub</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Βεελζεβούλ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Noun, Indeclinable<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Beelzeboul<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>beh-el-zeb-ool'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(beh-el-zeb-ool')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Beelzebul, Beelzebub<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Beelzebul, a name of Satan, the chief of evil spirits.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a parody of the Hebrew name בַּעַל זְבוּב (Baal Zebub), meaning "lord of the flies," which was a Philistine deity worshiped in Ekron.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>H1176 (בַּעַל זְבוּב, Baal Zebub):</b> "lord of the flies," a Philistine god.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, Beelzeboul is used as a name for Satan, the prince of demons. It is a term of derision and contempt, reflecting the Jewish view of pagan deities as unclean and demonic. The name is used to accuse Jesus of casting out demons by the power of Beelzebul, thus associating Him with demonic forces.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The name Beelzeboul is a variation of Baal Zebub, a deity worshiped by the Philistines. In Jewish tradition, this name was adapted to refer to the chief of demons, reflecting the Jewish disdain for pagan gods. By the time of the New Testament, Beelzeboul had become synonymous with Satan, the adversary of God and His people. The use of this name in the Gospels highlights the tension between Jesus and the religious leaders, who accused Him of being in league with demonic powers.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>954</b> <i>Beelzeboúl</i> (translaterated from OT 1176<i>/BaʽalZ<sup>e</sup>būb</i>, "the lord of flies" or "fly-god," cf. 2 Ki 1:2) – Beelzebul, a title of Satan which stresses he is the prince over demons ("demonic flies"). See also <a href="/greek/4567.htm">4567</a> <i>/Satanás</i> ("Satan").</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain origin, cf. <a href="/hebrew/1176.htm">Baal</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>Beelzebul, a name of Satan<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Beelzebul (7).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 954: Βηλζεβουλ</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Βηλζεβουλ</span></span> and, as written by some (yet no Greek) authorities, <span class="greek2">Βηλζεβουβ</span> (cod. B <span class="greek2">Βηζεβουλ</span>, so manuscript <span class="hebrew">א</span> except in <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-22.htm">Mark 3:22</a>; adopted by <span class="manuref">WH</span>, see their Appendix, p. 159; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 6), <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, indeclinable, <span class="accented">Beelzebul</span> or <span class="accented">Beelzebub,</span> a name of Satan, the prince of evil spirits: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-25.htm">Matthew 10:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-24.htm">Matthew 12:24, 27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-22.htm">Mark 3:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-15.htm">Luke 11:15, 18, 19</a>. The form <span class="greek2">Βηλζεβουλ</span> is composed of <span class="hebrew">זְבוּל</span> (rabbinical Hebrew for <span class="hebrew">זֶבֶל</span> dung) and <span class="hebrew">בַּעַל</span>, <span class="accented">lord of dung or of filth,</span> i. e. of idolatry; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-21.htm">Matthew 12:21</a>. The few who follow <span class="abbreviation">Jerome</span> in preferring the form <span class="greek2">Βηλζεβουβ</span> derive the name from <span class="hebrew">זְבוּב</span> <span class="hebrew">בַּעַל</span>, <span class="accented">lord of flies,</span> a false god of the Ekronites (<a href="/interlinear/2_kings/1-2.htm">2 Kings 1:2</a>) having the power to drive away troublesome flies, and think the Jews transferred the name to Satan in contempt. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s RWB under the word Beelzebub: and J. G. M(üller) in <span class="abbreviation">Herzog</span> vol. i., p. 768ff; (<span class="abbreviation">BB. DD.</span>; cf. also Meyer and Dr. James Morison on <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-25.htm">Matthew 10:25</a>; some, as Weiss (on Mark, the passage cited; Biblical Theol. § 23 a.), doubt alike whether the true derivation of the name has yet been hit upon, and whether it denotes Satan or only some subordinate 'Prince of demons'). (Besides only in ecclesiastical writings, as <span class="abbreviation">Ev. Nicod.</span> c. 1f.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Beelzebub. <p>Of Chaldee origin (by parody on <a href="/hebrew/1176.htm">Ba'al Zbuwb</a>); dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan -- Beelzebub. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1176.htm">Ba'al Zbuwb</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Βεεζεβουλ Βεεζεβοὺλ Βεελζεβοὺλ Beelzeboul Beelzeboùl<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸν οἰκοδεσπότην <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> ἐπεκάλεσαν πόσῳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the head of the house <span class="itali">Beelzebul,</span> how much<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the master of the house <span class="itali">Beelzebub,</span> how much<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the master of the house <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> they called how much<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῷ <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> ἄρχοντι τῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> only <span class="itali">by Beelzebul</span> the ruler<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> by <span class="itali">Beelzebub</span> the prince<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> by <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> prince of the<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐγὼ ἐν <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> ἐκβάλλω τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> If <span class="itali">I by Beelzebul</span> cast out demons,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I by <span class="itali">Beelzebub</span> cast out devils,<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I by <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> cast out the<p><b><a href="/text/mark/3-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 3:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔλεγον ὅτι <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> ἔχει καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He is possessed <span class="itali">by Beelzebul,</span> and He casts<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> He hath <span class="itali">Beelzebub,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/3-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> said <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> he has and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/11-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἶπον Ἐν <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> τῷ ἄρχοντι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out demons <span class="itali">by Beelzebul,</span> the ruler<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> through <span class="itali">Beelzebub</span> the chief<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> said By <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> the prince<p><b><a href="/text/luke/11-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λέγετε ἐν <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> ἐκβάλλειν με</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that I cast out demons <span class="itali">by Beelzebul.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> devils through <span class="itali">Beelzebub.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you say by <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> cast out I<p><b><a href="/text/luke/11-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐγὼ ἐν <b>Βεελζεβοὺλ</b> ἐκβάλλω τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And if <span class="itali">I by Beelzebul</span> cast<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I by <span class="itali">Beelzebub</span> cast out devils,<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I by <span class="itali">Beelzebul</span> cast out the<p><b><a href="/greek/954.htm">Strong's Greek 954</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_954.htm">7 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