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Βεελζεβούλ

BeelzeboulBeelzebul
greekNew TestamentTitle7 occurrences3 books7 verses
This is the name of Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity.

Definition

Βεελζεβούλ (WH, App., 159, Rec., βεελζεβούλ), ὁ, indecl. (Heb. בַּעַל, lord, and the Talmudic זִבּוּל, from זֶבֶל, dung (Dalman, Gr., 137.n), or perh. זִבֻל, habitation, but, see DB, iv, 409f.; DCG, i, 181). The AV, RV, Beelzebub, comes through Vg. from 2 Kings 1:2, בַּעַל זִבוּב, lord of flies (LXX, βάαλ μυῖα, Sm., βεελζεβούβ),

Beelzebul, Beelzebub, a name of Satan: Matthew 10:25; 12:24, 27, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15, 18, 19.

Glossary entries

Satan Belial, Beliar Beelzebul, Beelzebub Beelzebul

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

7 total
  1. Matthew 10:25Βεελζεβοὺλ · Beelzebul
    It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
  2. Matthew 12:24Βεελζεβοὺλ · Beelzebul
    But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
  3. Matthew 12:27Βεελζεβοὺλ · Beelzebul
    And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
  4. Mark 3:22Βεελζεβοὺλ · by Beelzebul
    And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
  5. Luke 11:15Βεελζεβοὺλ · Beelzebul
    …but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
  6. Luke 11:18Βεελζεβοὺλ · Beelzebul
    If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
  7. Luke 11:19Βεελζεβοὺλ · Beelzebul
    And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.