Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lord of the flies

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: lord of the flies
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Beelzebub; Satan

noun

a ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (baʿal zəḇûḇ, “fly-lord, Beelzebub”), which in turn is a mistranslation of the name of the Semitic devil Baal-zevuv.

Questions

What does lord of the flies mean?: Beelzebub; Satan
Where does lord of the flies come from?: Calque of Biblical Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (baʿal zəḇûḇ, “fly-lord, Beelzebub”), which in turn is a mistranslation of the name of the Semitic devil Baal-zevuv.

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