(Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament ( Matthew 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."
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)