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Beelzebub
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Beelzebub (bēĕl`zəbəb), in the Bible: see Satan Satan [Heb.,=adversary], traditional opponent of God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity. In Scripture and literature the role of the opponent is given many names, such as Apolyon, Beelzebub, Semihazah, Azazel, Belial, and Sammael.
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Beelzebub
prince of demons. [N.T.: Matthew 12:24]
See : Devil

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The Politics of Exorcism: Jesus' Reaction to Negative Labels in the Beelzebul Controversy.
So they called him Beelzebul, a corrupted name of a Philistine god Baal-zebul that probably meant "God of the Heavenly House.
It is interesting that scribes who have come down from Jerusalem acknowledge that there is a power operative through Jesus, but they allege that "he is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out demons" (3:20-27).
 
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