Beelzebub: (Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the
New Testament
(Matthew 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."
