See Beelzebub on Wiktionary
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Beelzebul"
}
],
"word": "Beelzebub"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin indeclinable nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine indeclinable nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin proper nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew",
"Latin terms spelled with Z",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Βεελζεβούλ"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "hbo",
"3": "בעל זבוב",
"4": "",
"5": "fly-lord",
"tr": "Ba‘al-z'būb"
},
"expansion": "Biblical Hebrew בעל זבוב (Ba‘al-z'būb, “fly-lord”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Translating Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) and Biblical Hebrew בעל זבוב (Ba‘al-z'būb, “fly-lord”); perhaps a corruption of Beelzebul, meaning Lord of the Dwelling, with -bul altered to -bub to change the meaning to Lord of the Flies.",
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "Beelzebub",
"g": "m",
"indecl": "1"
},
"expansion": "Beelzebub m (indeclinable)",
"name": "la-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"la:Bible"
],
"glosses": [
"the god of the Philistine city of Ekron."
],
"links": [
[
"biblical",
"Bible"
],
[
"Philistine",
"Philistine"
],
[
"Ekron",
"Ekron"
]
],
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"(biblical) the god of the Philistine city of Ekron."
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Beelzebul"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Beelzebul",
"Beelzebul"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) Beelzebul"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"indeclinable",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/beˈel.ze.bub/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[beˈɛɫ̪d̪͡z̪ɛbʊb]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/beˈel.d͡ze.bub/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[beˈɛld̪͡z̪ebub]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"word": "Beelzebul"
}
],
"word": "Beelzebub"
}
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