Βεελζεβούλ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Βεελζεβούβ (Beelzeboúb) — prescriptive by Jerome
Βελζεβούλ (Belzeboúl), Βεεζεβούλ (Beezeboúl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּל (báʿal zəḇūl). Compare Βεελζεβούβ (Beelzeboúb), from בַּעַל זְבוּב (báʿal zəḇūḇ).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.elz.de.bǔːl/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.el.zeˈbul/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.el.zeˈβul/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.el.zeˈvul/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.el.zeˈvul/

Proper noun

Βεελζεβούλ • (Beelzeboúl) m (indeclinable)

Beelzebub (a name for Satan)

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
Βεεζεβούλ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
G954 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible