Βεελζεβούλ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (báʿal zəḇūḇ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /be.el.ze.bǔːl/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /be.el.zeˈbul/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βe.el.zeˈβul/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ve.el.zeˈvul/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ve.el.zeˈvul/
Proper noun
Βεελζεβούλ • (Beelzeboúl) m (indeclinable)
- Beelzebub, a name for Satan.
Usage notes
Βεελζεβούλ is generally translated as Beelzebub as a result of the usage of בעל זבוב (“lord of the flies”) in 1 Kings. Scholars are uncertain as to whether this word is a phonetic evolution of בעל זבול (“lord of the high places”), a mistranscription, or a deliberate insult to the foreign deity.
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Βεελζεβούλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G954 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible