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baʿal zᵊvūv בַּעַל זְבוּב ‘Baal-zebub’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from baʿal בַּעַל ‘Baal’ and zᵊvūv זְבוּב ‘fly’
Roots: בעל זְבוב

baʿal zᵊvūv pr n m title
Baal-zebub = "lord of the fly"
1) a Philistine deity worshipped at Ekron

Mentioned in 2 Kings 1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:16

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