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Belzebub, Baal Zebul, Baalzebub, or '[[Fallen Angelics|Beelzebub]], is depicted as both a god of flies and also as a fly. | Belzebub, Baal Zebul, Baalzebub, or '[[Fallen Angelics|Beelzebub]], is depicted as both a god of flies and also as a fly. | ||
“Belzebub was the idol of Accaron, and the word is translated as 'man of flies,' for a fly is calledzebub. The most impure idol, therefore, was called 'man of flies' because of the filth of idolatry, or its uncleanness” [The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, 6th century A.D., p.185.] | “Belzebub was the idol of Accaron, and the word is translated as 'man of flies,' for a fly is calledzebub. The most impure idol, therefore, was called 'man of flies' because of the filth of idolatry, or its uncleanness” [The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, 6th century A.D., p.185.] | ||
Flies naturally hang around sacrifices and eat the food laid out as offerings to idols. Baalzebub, Baal Zebul, The -zebub -zebul comes from the Semitic root *zbl, 'To carry, raise, exalt'; Northwest Semitic noun *zabul-, prince. the word Jezebel is related, from Hebrew izebel, 'where is the prince'?, from zebel, akin Zebul, a name meaning “prince”, lord prince, name of a Philistine god who Jezebel encouraged the worship of, the Phoenician god Baal | "Apomyios (from Greek apo-myia, 'away from flies'), a surname given by the Cyrenians to Zeus, for delivering [[Hercules]] from flies during sacrifice. In his 10th Labor Hercules Hera sent a swarm of flies to attack the cattle of Geryon. Sacrifices were yearly offered to Zeus Apomyios. | ||
Flies naturally hang around sacrifices and eat the food laid out as offerings to idols. Baalzebub, Baal Zebul, The -zebub -zebul comes from the Semitic root *zbl, 'To carry, raise, exalt'; Northwest Semitic noun *zabul-, prince. the word Jezebel is related, from Hebrew izebel, 'where is the prince'?, from zebel, akin Zebul, a name meaning “prince”, lord prince, name of a Philistine god who Jezebel encouraged the worship of, the Phoenician god Baal. In Revelation 2:20, a prophecy is uttered against a prophetess in the church of Thyatira named Jezebel. She is accused of inducing members of the church there to commit acts of sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.<ref>[http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Musca.htm Conselaltions of Words]</ref> | |||
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