Belzebub
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Beelzebūb, from Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (baʿal zvuv, “fly-lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bel.d͡zeˈβuβ]
Proper noun
Belzebub m
- Beelzebub
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 39v.
- Acre ouo nóbre en hebraẏco acron. Alli era la ẏdola q́ auẏe nóbre belzebub deus muſcarum. e dizienle deus muſcarum ço es dios de acre e fue cibdat de los phẏliſteos.
- Acre had the Hebrew name Ekron. Therein was the the idol by the name of Beelzebub, "God of the Flies". And they called it God of the Flies because it was the god of Acre, which was a city of the Philistines.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 39v.
Descendants
- Spanish: Belcebú