Abaddon
ἈβαδδώνStrong’s G0003Abaddōn
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Abaddōn is the Greek word usually translated “abaddon”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “abaddon”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- abaddon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “abaddon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ABAD'DON, noun
[Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.]
- The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Revelation 9:11
- The bottomless pit.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.