Abaddon

[ uh-bad-n ]

/ əË?bÃ¦d n /

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noun

Apollyon.

a place of destruction; the depths of hell.

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Origin of Abaddon

From the Hebrew word Ä?bhaddÅnÅn literally, destruction

Words nearby Abaddon

abacterial, abactinal, abaculus, abacus, Abadan, Abaddon, Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter, Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis, A bad penny always turns up, bad sort, a, ab aeterno

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How to use Abaddon in a sentence

He is termed Abaddon, the angel of the bottomless pitâ€”the prince of darkness.
Ophiolatreia|Anonymous
Apollyon, the destroying angel, the Greek name for the Hebrew Abaddon.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
Now his desire should be satisfied, but no, "Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied."
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs|R. F. Horton
But we have this safeguard against such visits, that we never represented ourselves as intimate with the opinions of Abaddon.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852|Various

These expressions, and the â€œdestroyerâ€ Abaddon or Apollyon, of Revelations ix.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway

British Dictionary definitions for Abaddon

Abaddon

/ (É™Ë?bÃ¦dÉ™n) /

noun

the Devil (Revelation 9:11)

(in rabbinical literature) a part of Gehenna; Hell

Word Origin for Abaddon

Hebrew: literally, destruction

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