Beelzebubとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Baalzebub, Belzebuth, Beëlzebub, Beelzebul, Beelzeboul

語源

First attested as 古期英語 Belzebub, from Latin Beelzebūb, the Vulgate's form of Ancient Greek Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboúl), from Hebrew בעל זבוב (ba‘al-z'vúv, “fly-lord”), mentioned in 2 Kings chapter 1 as “the god of Ekron”.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbilzɪbʌb/

固有名詞

Beelzebub

1. (biblical) A Canaanite deity worshipped at Ekron.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 12:24, column 1:

     But when the Phariſees heard it, they ſaid, This fellow doeth not caſt out deuils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils.

2. (Christianity) Satan, the Devil.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

   • 1975, Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in A Night at the Opera, performed by Queen:

     Mamma mia, let me go / Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!

派生語

• cast out the Devil with Beelzebub

関連する語

• Baal

参考

• lord of the flies

参照

Further reading

• “Beelzebub”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Beelzebub”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

語源

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.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [beˈɛɫ.zɛ.bʊb]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [beˈɛl.d͡ze.bub]

固有名詞

Beelzebub m (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) the god of the Philistine city of Ekron.
2. (derogatory) Beelzebul

参照

• “Beelzebub”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Beelzebub”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.