1.
[syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
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
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."
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Beelzebub, same as Baalzebub