How to pronounce Beelzebub?

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Pronunciation of Beelzebub

'BEE'-el-zuh-buh
el rhymes with 'bell
zuh rhymes with 'duh'
buh rhymes with 'huh'


Type of Name:

First Name

Origin:

Hebrew

Gender:

Male

Meaning:

Lord of the Flies

Additional Information:

Beelzebub (pronounced /biːˈɛlzəˌbʌb/ bee-EL-zə-BUB or /ˈbɛlzəˌbʌb/ BEL-zə-BUB; (Arabic: بعل ألذباب‎, Ba‘al Azabab Hebrew: בעל זבוב‎, Ba‘al Zəbûb, literally "Lord of the Flies"; Greek: βεελζεβούβ, Beelzeboub; Latin: Beelzebūb), with numerous archaic variants, is a Semitic deity that was worshipped in the Philistine city of Ekron. In later Christian and Biblical sources he appears as a demon and the name of one of the seven princes of Hell.

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