Abaddon – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Abaddon
n.
hell; Apollyon (angel of hell)
Abaddon
The Hebrew term
Abaddon (, ), and its Greek equivalent
Apollyon (,
Apollyon), appears in the
Bible as both a place of destruction and as the name of an
angel. In the
Hebrew Bible,
abaddon is used with reference to a bottomless pit, often appearing alongside the place שאול (
sheol), meaning the realm of the dead. In the New Testament
Book of Revelation, an angel called Abaddon is described as the king of an army of
locusts; his name is first transcribed in Greek (Revelation 9:11—"whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon" (Ἀβαδδὼν)), and then translated ("which in Greek means the Destroyer" (Ἀπολλύων,
Apollyon)). The Latin
Vulgate and the
Douay Rheims Bible have additional notes (not present in the Greek text), "in Latin Exterminans",
exterminans being the Latin word for "destroyer".
Abaddon
(n.)
The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
(n.)
Hell; the bottomless pit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Abaddon
[Other] In medieval myth the synonym for Hell and/or the ruler thereof, and in Revelations 9:7-11 it is the Christian angel of Hell. The Hebrew word abaddon means "place of destruction" (Job 26:8 and Psalm 88:11). Prior to its corruption by the Judeo-Christian tradition, "Abaddon" referred to the pit or cave that was used in mystery religions and schools as a rite of passage into the greater mysteries. Often, the experience would entail the use of ritual substances that put the aspirant into an altered state in which he or she could receive divine revelation. Because the experience was sometimes unpleasant, this rite came to be viewed as being "hellish." However, it was considered absolutely necessary so that the seeker may become pure enough to encounter the "mind of God."
Abaddon
Abaddon 'abaddon (Hebrew) [from the verbal root 'abad to perish, be cut off] Destruction, abyss; the region of the dead, synonym of She'ol in the Old Testament. Equivalent to the Greek apollyon (destruction, laying waste -- Rev 9:11). Thus Abaddon, Apollyon, Hades, and Orcus all signify the underworld -- the kama-loka or region of disintegrating "shells," human or other.
