Definition

Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites

Etymology

from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H2070 (זְבוּב); Baal of (the) Fly;

Word family

• בַּעַל Baʻal
• זְבוּב zᵉbûwb

How the KJV renders it

• Baal-zebub

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.