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Cheyne considers that Baalzebub is a " contemptuous uneuphonic Jewish modification of the true name Baalzebul." 8 In the New Testament we meet with Beelzebul,' which some of the versions, especially the See also:

VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate and See also:

SYRIAC

Syriac, followed by the Authorized Version, have changed to Beelzebub, under the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of 2 Kings. In Matt. x.

25, See also:

Christ speaks of men calling the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

house, i.e. Himself, Beelzebul.8 In See also:

Mark iii. 22-27,9 the See also:

SCRIBES

scribes explain that Jesus is possessed by Beelzebul10 and is thus enabled to See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast out devils. The passage speaks of Beelzebul as Satan and as the See also:

prince of the demons. The origin of the name Beelzebul is variously explained. (a) It is " a phonetic corruption, perhaps a softening of the See also:

ORIGINAL

original word"; as Bab-el-mandel is a corruption of Bab-elmandeb. (b) Zebul is from zebel, a word found in the Targums in the sense of "dung," so that Beelzebul would mean "See also:

Lord of Dung," a See also:

TERM

term of contempt. The further See also:

SUGGESTION

suggestion has been made that zebul itself in the sense of "dung" is a term for a See also:

HEATHEN

heathen deity, cf. the Old Testament use of "See also:

ABOMINATION (from Lat. ab, from, and orninare, to .fore-bode)

abomination" &c, for heathen deities, so that Beelzebul would mean "See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief of false gods," and so See also:

arch-fiend. (c) Zebul is found in 1 Kings viii. 13 in the sense of "height," beth-zebul—lofty house, and in Rabbinical writings in the sense of "house" or "See also:

temple,1' or "the See also:

FOURTH

fourth See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven";" and Beelzebul may equal "Lord of the High House" or "Lord of Heaven." This view is perhaps favoured by Matt. x. 25, "if they have called the lord of the house Beelzebul." It appears, however, that Rabbinical writings use yom (See also:

day-of) zebul for the festival of a heathen deity; and Jastrow connects this usage with the meaning " house" or " temple," so that the meaning "Lord of the False Gods" might be arrived at in a different way. The names See also:

ZEBULUN

Zebulun, 'Izebel (See also:

JEZEBEL (Heb. i-zebel, perhaps an artificial form to suggest " un-exalted," a divine name or its equivalent would naturally be expected instead of the first syllable)

Jezebel), suggest that Zebul may be an See also:

ancient name of a deity; cf. the names SaiK 5v~ (B'L 'ZBL), S~tor, (ShMZBL) in Punic and Phoenician 1 So See also:

Clarendon See also:

PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press, Hebrew See also:

LEXICON

Lexicon, p.

127, with LXX. 2Ecc1. x. 1; See also:

Isaiah vii. 18. Baethgen, Beitrage z::+ semitischen Religionsgeschichte, p. 25, ef. pp. 65, 261. Josh. xii. 7. 6 See also:

Art. " Baalzebub," See also:

Black and Cheyne's Ency. Bibl.

6 With various spellings (e.g. Belzebul, and in XB, Beezebul), all variants of Beelzebul. Cf. Deissmann, See also:

Bible Studies, 332. ' There is a variation of reading, which has been held to support the view that the passage means that men reproached Jesus with His supposed connexion with Beelzebul; cf. A. B. See also:

Bruce, in loco. 6 And in the parallel passages, Matt. xii. 22-29; See also:

Luke xi. 14-22. 9 Cf.

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