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Ba‘al Zebûb might mean 'Lord of Zebûb', referring to an unknown place name Zebûb, or 'Lord of flies', zebûb being a Hebrew collective noun meaning 'fly'. In ancient context, there may be little meaningful distinction between Beelzebub and Ba‘al the ancient Semitic god. In Christian writings, either form may appear as an alternate name for Satan (or the Devil) or may else appear to refer to the name of a lesser devil. As with several religions, the names of any earlier foreign or "pagan" deities often became synonymous with the concept of an adversarial entity. The demonization of the ancient deity led to much of the modern religious personification of Satan, as the adversary of the God.
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