They're given over to the worship of Beelzebub—half these church-going folks!
You know, Beelzebub is positively the worst mare in the Valley.
You are a fair and shining vessel (of a kind), but Beelzebub's at your heart.
Grandfather of Beelzebub, is this a place to lie worshiping your fiends?
Blythe had been re-christened "Beelzebub" as an acknowledgment of the greatness of his fall.
Sly Beelzebub took all occasions To try Job's constancy and patience.
Keep your love for the angels, or for Beelzebub, it is all one to me.
I had as soon question Beelzebub as her; yea, to stir up the devil with a stick.
My name is Beelzebub, and I am my master's most trusted agent.
They believed as a matter of course that he was aided by Beelzebub.
Old English Belzebub, Philistine god worshipped at Ekron (2 Kings i:2), from Latin, used in Vulgate for New Testament Greek beelzeboub, from Hebrew ba'al-z'bub "lord of the flies," from ba'al "lord" + z'bhubh "fly." By later Christian writers often taken as another name for "Satan," though Milton made him one of the fallen angels.
Another name for Satan. Originally a Philistine god, he is called the Prince of Devils in the New Testament.
Note: Beelzebub also appears in Milton's Paradise Lost as one of the fallen angels, second only to Satan in power.
Note: By extension, a “Beelzebub” is any demon or evil spirit.
