Bible Encyclopedia: Zebub

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Strong's Hebrew

1176. Baal Zebub -- "Baal of flies," a Philistine god
Baal Zebub. 1175, 1176. Baal Zebub. 1177 . "Baal of flies," a Philistine
god. Transliteration: Baal Zebub Phonetic Spelling: (bah ...
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2070. zebub -- a fly
... 2069, 2070. zebub. 2071 . a fly. Transliteration: zebub Phonetic Spelling:
(zeb-oob') Short Definition: flies. ... 2069, 2070. zebub. 2071 . Strong's Numbers
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2079. Zabbay -- an Israelite
... an Israelite. Transliteration: Zabbay Phonetic Spelling: (zab-bah'-ee) Short Definition:
Zabbai. Word Origin from the same as zebub Definition an Isr. ...
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Library

The Fall of the House of Ahab
... a man of God, who directed them to return to the king with the message: "Is it because
there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 16 the fall of.htm

The Call of Elisha
... And when Ahaziah, after the death of his father Ahab, turned from the living God
to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, it was Elijah's voice that was heard once ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 17 the call of.htm

Ephesus
... judgment on a king who had sent for counsel to a heathen oracle: "Is it not because
there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... Baalzebub was the god of Ekron (2 Kings 1:2-6), and his name was doubtfully translated
"Lord of Flies." The discovery of the name of the town Zebub on the ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

The Being of God
... run ourselves into sin to rid ourselves out of trouble.2 Kings 1:1. Is it not because
there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god ...
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Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... The Baal who ruled at Zebub was styled "Master of Zebub," or Baal-Zebub;* and the
Baal of Hermon, who was an ally of Gad, goddess of fortune, was sometimes ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

Thesaurus

Zebub (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Zebub (4 Occurrences). 2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah fell down through
the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. ...
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Baal-zebub (4 Occurrences)
Baal-zebub. Baalzebub, Baal-zebub. Ba'al-ze'bub . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Multi-Version Concordance Baal-zebub (4 Occurrences). ...
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Ba'al-ze'bub (4 Occurrences)
Ba'al-ze'bub. Baal-zebub, Ba'al-ze'bub. Baal-zebul . Multi-Version
Concordance Ba'al-ze'bub (4 Occurrences). 2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah ...
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Consult (27 Occurrences)
... So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god
of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness." (See NIV). ...
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Ekron (20 Occurrences)
... to which the Philistines carried the ark before they sent it back to Israel (1 Samuel
5:10; 6:1-8). There was here a noted sanctuary of Baal-zebub (2 Kings 1: 2 ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... Hebrews zebub, (Ecclesiastes 10:1; Isaiah 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest
that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (qv). ...
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Inquire (95 Occurrences)
... So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of
Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness." (WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS ...
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Baal (94 Occurrences)
... FORMS OF BAAL 1. Baal-berith 2. Baal-gad 3. Baal-hamon 4. Baal-hermon 5. Baal-peor
6. Baal-zebub I. Name and Character of Baal: In Babylonia it was the title ...
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Sama'ria (102 Occurrences)
... down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick;
and he sent messengers, and said unto them: 'Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god ...
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Ahaziah (34 Occurrences)
... religion. "Thus saith Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that
thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? ...
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Bible Concordance

Zebub (4 Occurrences)

2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 1:3 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them,'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 1:6 They said to him, "A man came up to meet us, and said to us,'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 1:16 He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Zebub

Related Terms

Baal-zebub (4 Occurrences)

Ba'al-ze'bub (4 Occurrences)

Consult (27 Occurrences)

Ekron (20 Occurrences)

Fly (33 Occurrences)

Inquire (95 Occurrences)

Baal (94 Occurrences)

Sama'ria (102 Occurrences)

Ahaziah (34 Occurrences)