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Definition of Beelzebub noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Beelzebub

noun
 
/biˈelzɪbʌb/
 
/biˈelzɪbʌb/
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  1. a name for the devil
    Word Originfrom late Latin Beëlzebub, translating Hebrew ba‘al zěb̲ūb̲ ‘lord of flies’, the name of a Philistine god, and Greek Beelzeboul ‘the Devil’, mentioned in the Bible.
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