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Baal-Zebub

BEELZEBUB, or BEL-ZEBUB, signifies the _god of flies_, and was an idol of the Ekronites. It is not easy to discover how this false deity obtained its name. Baal-Zebub is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “god of the fly.” This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • concordance

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Name meaning
god of the fly According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Baal-zebub

god of the fly

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

BAAL ZEBUB

BEELZEBUB, or BEL-ZEBUB, signifies the _god of flies_, and was an idol of the Ekronites. It is not easy to discover how this false deity obtained its name. Some commentators think that he was called Baal Samin, or the lord of heaven;

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

Naves Topical

BAAL-ZEBUB

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for BAAL-ZEBUB.

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Baal-zebub

Meaning:
god of the fly

Indexed occurrences: 0

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