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Beelzebub is a name for a devil, often Satan himself, or a chief demon. It is a Bible name, not a word you use at the shops. In the Old Testament it names the god of a city called Ekron; the Hebrew means something like “lord of the flies.” Later Christian writing took the name as a devil. Though actually, some Bible passages treat Beelzebub as a prince of demons, not always exactly the same as Satan — teachers and churches do not all tell it the same way. You meet the name in church, in old poems, in horror stories, or as a heavy joke. It feels literary and religious, not everyday.
別西卜(聖經裡的魔王/魔鬼;和合本。天主教思高本多作「貝耳則步」)
組成First found in Old English as Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebub in the Latin Bible, from Greek Beelzeboul, from Hebrew ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord,” the god of Ekron in 2 Kings.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Beelzebubname/biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/
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biblicallifestylereligionA Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
- But when the Phariſees heard it, they ſaid, This fellow doeth not caſt out deuils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils.
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ChristianitySatan, the Devil.
- Mamma mia, let me go / Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。