| Translation | Verse | Text |
| King James | Lu 11:15 | But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. |
| Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
| BEELZEBUB | "the prince of the devils," Mt 12:24. This name is derived from Baal-zebub, an idol deity among the Ekronites, signifying lord of flies, fly-baal, fly-god, whose office was to protect his worshippers from the torment of the gnats and flies with which that region was infested, 2Ki 1:2,3,16. It is also sometimes written Beel- sebul, which signifies probably the dung-god. The Jews seem to have applied this appellation to Satan, as being the author of all the pollutions and abominations of idol-worship. |