BAAL-ZEBUB

bāˈəl-zēˈbəb [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.

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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Vol. 1
Book by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Everett F. Harrison, Roland K. Harrison, William Sanford Lasor, Edgar W. Smith; W.B. Eerdmans, 1979
Subjects: Bible--Dictionaries
...Ps. 106:28; Hos. 9:10). Baal-zebub (Heb. baal zebu ; Gk. Baalmyia...interpreted to mean Baal the fly god. BAAL-ZEBUB was the Philistine god at Ekron...from his fall, sent messengers to Baal-zebub. By this act he kindled the wrath...
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Atlas of the Bible
Book by L. H. Grollenberg, Joyce M. H. Reid, H. H. Rowley; Nelson, 1956
Subjects: Bible--Antiquities, Bible--Geography--Maps, Jews--History--To 70 A.D
...Baal-Thamar, see BAAL-TAMAR. Baal-zebub, Lord of flies; 2 K 1:2, a...Ekron, 2 K 1:2 where Heb. has Baal-zebub ; in mono- theistic orthodoxy he...BAAL-ZEPHON. Beelzebub, see BAAL-ZEBUB. Beer, 1. city ment. Jg 9...
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The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge - Vol. 2
Book by Samuel Macauley Jackson, Charles Colebrook Sherman, George William Gilmore; Funk and Wagnalls, 1908
Subjects: Theology--Encyclopedias
...this name to the much older name Baal-zebub, which is found in the Old Testament as that of an idol. Baal-zebub was honored in Ekron, where he...Beelzebul was early identified with Baal-zebub, and, as was so often the case...
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Milton's Literary Milieu
Book by George Wesley Whiting; The University of North Carolina Press, 1939
Subjects: Literature, Comparative--Themes, Motives, Milton, John--1608-1674
...their gods and Rosss account of Baal-Zebub and Priapus. He declares that Miltons...Scripture and believes that he is the Baal-Zebub of Pansebeia combined with the idea...idolatry. As a matter of fact, Baal-Zebub or Beelzebub, who is Satans chief...
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Christian Origins and the Language of the Kingdom of God
Book by Michael L. Humphries; Southern Illinois University Press, 1999
Subjects: Christianity--Origin, Devil, Kingdom Of God, Q Hypothesis (Synoptics Criticism)
...establishes a likely contact with the deity Baal Zebub, from the Philistine city of Ekron...and sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub whether he would recover from his...corruption of the name from Baal Zebul to Baal Zebub is in keeping with the common perception...
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"Going Down" to Bethel: Elijah and Elisha in the Theological Geography of the Deuteronomistic History
Journal article by Joel S. Burnett; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 129, 2010
Subjects: Geography, Theology
...Yahwehs command, Elijah then "goes up" (...) to confront Ahaziahs messengers on their way from Samaria to inquire of Baal Zebub of Ekron (vv. 3-4). That the verb ... ( in this case refers to the topography of Elijahs journey is possible...
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Notes and Readings
Journal article by Michael Carasik; Prooftexts, Vol. 19, 1999
Subjects: Bible--O.T, Hebrew Literature, Jewish Literature, Yiddish Literature
...went to inquire of the Lord." Similarly, Ahaziah, severely injured in a fall, sends messengers to inquire ( ) of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether he will recover. But in postexilic texts, a different usage of begins to appear. In...


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encyclopedia articles on: Baal Zebub  - 2 results

 
 
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Baal-Zebub
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAAL-ZEBUB ba l-ze b b Heb.,=lord of flies, a deliberate Hebrew distortion...Gospels of Mark and Luke, Beelzebul, the Greek form of the epithet Baal-zebul Baal the Prince, is encountered. See Baal and Satan...
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Baal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...name of Gideon), and of Mephibosheth for Merib-baal. The substituted term probably means "shame...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...


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