Definition of Beelzebub

1. Noun. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.


Definition of Beelzebub

1. n. The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal.

Definition of Beelzebub

1. Proper noun. The Devil. ¹

2. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Beelzebub) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beelzebub

Bedrock
Beduin
Bedwardite
Bedwardites
Bee
Beeb
Beebs
Beecher
Beechtree
Beefeater
Beefeaters
Beehive
Beehive State
Beehives
Beelzebub
Beelzebubian
Beelzebubs
Beer's knife
Beer's law
Beerbohm
Beerbohmian
Beerman
Beervana
Beethoven
Beethovenian
Beetlejuice
Beevor's sign
Begbie's disease

Literary usage of Beelzebub

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It seems much more reasonable, however, to regard this faculty of beelzebub not as a tradition, but simply as a charge invented by Our Lord's enemies to ..."

2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Add. o/beelzebub. 4. Dry. Till a' the seas gang dry. [re.] . S. A red, red Rose. on my dry and wholesome banks, . ..."

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