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Definition of Beelzebub
1. Noun. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
Category relationships: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief, Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Generic synonyms: Spiritual Being, Supernatural Being
Derivative terms: Devilize, Satanic
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
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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