What does Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) mean in the Bible?
Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) is a Greek word meaning "dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan".
Greek · G954
Βεελζεβούλ
Dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan
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Βεελζεβούλ G954
Pronunciation Beelzeboúl
What does Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) mean in the Bible?
Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) is a Greek word meaning "dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan".
Full entry for Βεελζεβούλ (G954) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G954?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Beelzebul (6), by Beelzebul (1).
Where does Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (3), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Beelzebul 6× Matthew 10:25, Matthew 12:24, Matthew 12:27, Luke 11:15
by Beelzebul 1× Mark 3:22
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 10:25 Βεελζεβοὺλ to Beelzebul Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 12:24 Βεελζεβοὺλ to Beelzebul Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 12:27 Βεελζεβοὺλ to Beelzebul Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 3:22 Βεελζεβοὺλ to by Beelzebul Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 11:15 Βεελζεβοὺλ to Beelzebul Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 11:18 Βεελζεβοὺλ to Beelzebul Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 11:19 Βεελζεβοὺλ to Beelzebul Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:25
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Mark 1 Luke 3
Source forms
Βεελζεβοὺλ 7x Beelzeboul Matthew 10:25, Matthew 12:24, Matthew 12:27, Mark 3:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 5x Matthew 12:24, Matthew 12:27, Luke 11:15, Luke 11:18
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 10:25, Mark 3:22
Evidence Summary
Canonical Anchor
Greek word. dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan
Strong's G954
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 2 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan
Extended definition
:--Beelzebub.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:25 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺβ beelzeboub
Beelzebul
Read verse Matthew 12:24 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺλ beelzeboul
Beelzebul
Read verse Matthew 12:27 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺλ beelzeboul
Beelzebul
Read verse Mark 3:22 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺλ beelzeboul
Beelzebul
Read verse Luke 11:15 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺλ beelzeboul
Beelzebul
Read verse Luke 11:18 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺλ beelzeboul
Beelzebul
Read verse Luke 11:19 Proper name
Βεελζεβοὺλ beelzeboul
Beelzebul
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Dative (5) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:24 · Matt 12:27 · Luke 11:15 · Luke 11:18 · Luke 11:19 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:25 · Mark 3:22 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 11:14–23 Βεελζεβούλ Beelzeboúl
Beelzebul, prince of demons
Mark 3:20–30 Βεελζεβούλ Beelzeboúl
Beelzebul, title associated with Satan
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Canonical Themes
Canonical Anchor
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
H1176 Related Hebrew
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain