HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H11
אֲבַדּוֹן
a.vad.don — Abaddon
Abaddon, a place of destruction, destruction, ruin
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Abaddon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3
Ἀβαδδών
Abaddōn — Abaddon
Ἀβαδδών (Heb. אֲבַדּוֹן, destruction; LXX, ἀπώλεια, only in Wisdom Lit., of the place of the ruined dead: Job.26:6, 28:22, 31:12, Psa.88:12, Pro.15:11*), indecl.; in NT, Abaddon, the angel of the Abyss: Rev.9:11.† (AS)
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Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit” (Rev. 9:11). It is rendered “destruction” in Job 28:22; 31:12; 26:6; Prov. 15:11; 27:20. In the last three of these passages the Revised Version retains the word “Abaddon.” We may regard this word as a personification of the idea of destruction, or as sheol, the realm of the dead.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.