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Apollyon

ἈπολλύωνStrong’s G0623

Apolluōn

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Apolluōn is the Greek word usually translated “apollyon”. 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.”
Revelation 9:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “apollyon”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • apollyon 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

    Ἀπολλύων Apolluōn · Apollyon

    Ἀπολλύων, -οντος, ὁ (present ptcp. of ἀπολλύω), Apollyon, i.e. the Destroyer: Rev.9:11 (cf. Ἀβάδδων). (Cremer, 453; DB, i, 125, 172.) † (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “apollyon” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    APOL'LYON, noun

    [Gr. destroying.]

      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.