Translation | Verse | Text |
Strong Concordance | Lu 11:18 | If [1161] [1499] Satan [4567] also [1499] be divided [1266] against [1909] himself [1438], how [4459] shall [2476] his [846] kingdom [932] stand [2476]? because [3754] ye say [3004] that I [3165] cast out [1544] devils [1140] through [1722] Beelzebub [954]. |
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. |