The Devils name and their meanings?

Question

I have asked a couple of questions on believing in the existence of the Devil and some of the answers have gotten me thinking on the meaning of the Devils name.
For example Lucifer means light bringer, many people also have said that devil means challenger. What about beezelbub, and I know there are more out there I just can't think of them all right now.
Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

You are right Lucifer does mean light bringer. This name comes from his angelic beginnings as the herald of God, he brought forth his word and preceeded him. Because of the ancient comaprison between a supreme deity and the sun that long predates christianity God was seen as the form of the sun, and hence his herald was known as Light Bringer

Satan is a hebrew word meaning accuser, and represents his new role after the Fall as a challenger of Gods Ways, or perhaps from the alternate theory that this was always his role and that he never committed treason but has always been a challenger to test faith.

Beelzebub i didn't know the origin of but a quick search yielded that it was the name of an earlier god of the Philistines, and could have been a convenient name in current use that could have been used to represent a smaller being opposed to God.

Check out this site for some better info but be aware it has been tampered with recently

Answer 2

Hmm, I'm thinking. Satan comes from the Arabic Shaitan, which means devil, but not any particular devil, I believe. Beelzebub might be a corruption of the god Baal.

And Hell comes from Hel, the Norse goddess of the underworld.

Answer 3

I know that "Satan" was taken from the Hebrew "Shaitan" and Lucifer was a Sun God.

Answer 4

Ba‘al Zebûb might mean 'Lord of Zebûb', referring to an unknown place called Zebûb, or 'Lord of things that fly'