Lexical Summary Abaddōn: Abaddon, the angel of the abyss Original Word: ἈβαδδώνTransliteration: Abaddōn Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ad-dohn') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Abaddon, the angel of the abyss Meaning: Abaddon -- the angel of the abyss Strong's Concordance Abaddon. Of Hebrew origin ('abaddown); a destroying angel -- Abaddon. see HEBREW 'abaddown Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3: ἈβαδδώνἈβαδδών, indeclinable, אֲבַדּון, 1. ruin, destruction (from אָבַד to perish), Job 31:12. 2. the place of destruction equivalent to Orcus, joined with שְׁאול, Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11. 3. as a proper name it is given to the angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and author of havoc on earth, and is rendered in Greek by Ἀπολλύων Destroyer, Revelation 11:11. |
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