Beelzebub

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(thing) by eldritch (5.2 y) (print) ? I like it! Thu Jun 14 2001 at 16:05:32

The name "Beelzebub" (a corruption of "Baalzebub") is actually a pun on the name of the Canaanite god Baalzebul (Often shortened to just Baal). Baalzebul means "lord of lords." "Baalzebub" means "lord of the flies." Not very respectful, and taken in context it hardly summons the terror that eventually grew up around that name. It was intended to trivialize his power, but instead I think the imagery of "Lord of the Flies" (which is pretty scary and gross if you think about it) was responsible for the name's longevity. (I mean, jeesh, everyone calls their god "lord of lords.")

(person) by EverybodysCyclopedia (2.5 mon) (print) ? I like it! Wed Apr 02 2003 at 22:29:18

Beelzebub (1) The fly-god, a god worshipped in the Philistine town of Ekron (II Kings 1:3) (2) An evil spirit. (3) Any person of fiendish cruelty, who is nicknamed by his adversaries, or, in contempt of moral sentiment, appropriates the appellation to himself and cherishes it as if it were an honorable title.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:05:15

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.

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Beelzebubba	Baal	Seraphim	Satan
The Unholy Trio	Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin	Anton Szandor LaVey	Lucifer
Belial	Morbane's Book of Monsters and Magic	Philistine	Paradise Lost
Bohemian Rhapsody	Lord of the Flies	Old Nick	The night I met Satan
Letter: Son of Sam to Joseph Borrelli	Deep Fried Foods in the Restaurant	The Maniac's Song	2 Kings 1
trickster	The Fly	The Pilgrim's Progress: Part I: Conversation with Good-Will	Behemoth

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