beelzebub

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beelzebub - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beelzebub \Be*el"ze*bub\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]

beelzebub - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Beelzebub
      n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of
           evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of
           Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer,
           Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]

beelzebub - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Beelzebub
  (Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only
  in the New Testament (Matt. 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22). It is
  probably the same as Baalzebub (q.v.), the god of Ekron, meaning
  "the lord of flies," or, as others think, "the lord of dung," or
  "the dung-god."

beelzebub - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Beelzebub":
     Abaddon, Aeshma, Angra Mainyu, Apollyon, Azazel, Belial, Eblis,
     Lilith, Lucifer, Mephisto, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch,
     Putana, Sammael, Satan, Shaitan, diablo, fiend, serpent