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G3 Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn)
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Ἀβαδδών, ὁ Prop.n. Abaddon

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin (11); a destroying angel

KJV Usage: Abaddon

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | indeclinable

93.2 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Abaddon meaning Destroyer the Hebrew name for the ruling angel in Hell; see 93.32

REV 9:11

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

᾿Αβαδδών, indecl., 11728, 1. ruin, destruction, (fr. 38 to perish), Job xxxi. 12. 2. the place of destruction i.q. Orcus, joined with Sinw, Job xxvi. 6; Proy. xv. 11. 3. as a proper name it is given to the angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and author of havoe on earth, and is rendered in Greek by ᾿Απολλύων Destroyer, Rev. ix. 11.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Ἀβαδδών Abaddōn 1x

Abaddon, pr. name, indecl., alternate spelling: Ἀββαδών, the angel who rules in hell, Rev. 9:11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀβαδδών (Heb. אֲבַדֹּון, destruction; LXX, ἀπώλεια, only in Wisdom Lit., of the place of the ruined dead: Jb 26:6, 28:22, 31:12, Ps 88:12, Pr 15:11*), indecl.; in NT, Abaddon, the angel of the Abyss: Re 9:11.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

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.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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