5 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Beelzebub noun: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell [syn: {Satan}, {Old Nick}, {Devil}, {the Devil}, {Lucifer}, {the Tempter}, {Prince of Darkness}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Beelzebub \Be*el"ze*bub\, noun The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See {Baal}. From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Beelzebub": Abaddon, Aeshma, Angra Mainyu, Apollyon, Azazel, Belial, Eblis, Lilith, Lucifer, Mephisto, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Putana, Sammael, Satan, Shaitan, diablo, fiend, serpent From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Beelzebub (Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament (Matt. 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." From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Beelzebub, same as Baalzebub

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