| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Beelzebub |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Be·el·ze·bub |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b - l z -b b |
| NOUN: | 1. The Devil; Satan. 2. One of the fallen angels in Milton's Paradise Lost. Beelzebub was next to Satan in power. 3. An evil spirit; a demon. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew ba‘al zbûb, lord (of the) fly, alteration of ba‘al zbûl, lord prince. See bcl in Appendix II.
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