KJV King James Version
And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
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Revelation 9:11
And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
WEB World English Bible
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon,” but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon.”
ASV American Standard Version
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they have over them a king—the messenger of the abyss—a name is to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.
Surrounding context — Revelation 9
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; [and], behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἔχουσινG2192 · echōto have/beἐπ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heβασιλέαG935 · basileuskingτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄγγελονG32 · angelosangelτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀβύσσου·G12 · abussosabyssὄνομαG3686 · onomanameαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heἙβραϊστὶG1447 · HebraistiHebrewἈβαδδών,G3 · AbaddōnAbaddonκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἙλληνικῇG1673 · HellēnikosGreekὄνομαG3686 · onomanameἔχειG2192 · echōto have/beἈπολλύων.G623 · ApolluōnApollyon
Cross-references
Job 26:6Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Revelation 9:1-2And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.John 14:30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.John 16:11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.Ephesians 2:2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.1 John 5:19[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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