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Baal-zebub

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Baal-zebub [Heb.,=lord of flies], a deliberate Hebrew distortion of the name of the god of Ekron in 2 Kings. In the Gospels of Mark and Luke, Beelzebul, the Greek form of the epithet Baal-zebul [Baal the Prince], is encountered. See Baal and Satan . Author not available, BAAL-ZEBUB. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Beelzebub
...gospels (Mark 3. 22–6 and par.). The Gk. text is Beelzeboul , which may correspond to Heb. Baal-zebel , ‘lord of filth’. The English form -bub is due to the influence of Baal-zebub (‘lord of flies’) in 2 Kings 1. 2. Read more
Baal
...Merib-baal. The substituted term probably means "shame." The same abhorrence is evident the use of the pejorative name Baal-zebub (see also Satan ). The Baal of 1 Chronicles is probably the same as Ramah 2. As cognates of Baal in other Semitic languages... Read more

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; ...israelitisch-judischen Galuben an Jahwe," pp. 172-84; "Baal Zebub," pp. 185-88; "Das Problem von ... Ps 68,5," pp. 189-92. This is a wonderful collection. The short essay on Baal-zebub is a classic piece of textual criticism on 2 Kgs 1:2... Read more

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