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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belzebub m anim
- Beelzebub (supreme evil spirit)
- Synonyms: Satan, Lucifer
Declension
Declension of Belzebub (sg-only hard masculine animate)
Further reading
- “Belzebub”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Belzebub”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Belzebub”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Beelzebūb, from Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (baʿal zvuv, “fly-lord”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belzebub m
- Beelzebub
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 39v:Acre ouo nóbre en hebraẏco acron. Alli era la ẏdola q́ auẏe nóbre belzebub deus muſcarum. e dizienle deus muſcarum ço es dios de acre e fue cibdat de los phẏliſteos.- Acre had the Hebrew name Ekron. Therein was the idol by the name of Beelzebub, "God of the Flies". And they called it God of the Flies because it was the god of Acre, which was a city of the Philistines.
Descendants