# H1176 בַּעַל זְבוּב

בַּעַל זְבוּב (Baʻal Zᵉbûwb), Strong’s H1176: Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites KJV: Baal-zebub.. Occurs 8 times.

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*Baʻal Zᵉbûwb* — Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites

KJV: Baal-zebub.

Built from [בַּעַל Baʻal](https://besorah.bible/word/H1168) (Baal, a Phoenician deity) + [זְבוּב zᵉbûwb](https://besorah.bible/word/H2070) (a fly) — means “Baal of (the) Fly”

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בַּעַל 166 n.m. owner, lord
- 1 owner
- 2 husband
- 3 citizens, inhabitants
- 4 rulers, lords
- 5 n. of relation
- II Esp. lord, specif. as divine name, Baal.

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 1:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/1?v=2) — Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and…
- [2 Kings 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/1?v=3) — But the LORD’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell…
- [2 Kings 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/1?v=6) — They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The…
- [2 Kings 1:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/1?v=16) — He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it…