Name of a Philistine god. Used as a title for the “chief of the demons,” or Satan. The Pharisees referred to him as the “prince of the devils” (Matt. 12: 24). Jesus denied that he cast out devils by the power of Beelzebub (Luke 11: 14-20). See also 2 Kgs. 1: 1-6, where it is spelled Baalzebub.