Meaning & History
Form of Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (Baʿal Zevuv) used in the Greek New Testament (see Beelzebub). The Greek form may represent a misspelling or it might be a pun based on Hebrew זֶבֶל (zevel) meaning "dung".
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesBaal-Zebub, Beelzebub, Beelzebul(Biblical) Ba'al Zevuv(Biblical Hebrew) Beelzebub(Biblical Latin)
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g954, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g954.
