Talk:Beelzebub/@comment-30061283-20161120184225/@comment-25035274-20170322062409

@LeafyGreenTea

Your history lesson is not entirely correct. "Ba'al" (originally the name of a god of the Philistines) is an old Hebrew word (that they obviously co-opted) meaning "lord". "Ba'al zebub" translates to "lord of the flies". The ancient Hebrews used "Ba'al" to refer to their god and the gods of other peoples, before using the term "Ba'al Zebul" (Lord of the Manor) as an insulting way of referring to their enemies' gods.

With that said, there was never a god actually named "Ba'al Zebul". The god most commonly referred to with that title was actually named Hadad, Adad, Haddad, or Iskur (depending on the exact culture you look at).

Go go internet research powers.