Abaddon (The angel of bottomless pit. Rv: 9:11)

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• bottomless pit — noun a) A pit with no visible (infinite) bottom; an abyss. 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. b) Hell. Lipsius was… …   Wiktionary

• Abaddon (demon) — Abaddon ( he. אבדון,Avaddon destruction, abyss), in demonology, was chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. He was called The Destroyer and, in the Book of Revelation, St John called him the King of the locusts (Rev 9: 7 11).The… …   Wikipedia

• Abaddon — A*bad don ([.a]*b[a^]d d[u^]n), n. [Heb. [=a]badd[=o]n destruction, abyss, fr. [=a]bad to be lost, to perish.] 1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus. [1913 Webster] 2. Hell; the bottomless pit.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Abaddon — late 14c., used in Rev. ix:11 of the angel of the bottomless pit, and by Milton of the pit itself, from Heb. Abhaddon destruction, from abhadh he perished. The Greek form was APOLLYON (Cf. Apollyon) …   Etymology dictionary

• ABADDON — (Heb. אֲבַדּוֹן; place of destruction ). It is mentioned in the Wisdom literature of the Bible (Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Prov. 15:11; Ps. 88:12); and it occurs also in the New Testament (Rev. 11:11) where, however, it is personified as the angel… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Abaddon — Angel of the Bottomless Pit; also, hell itself. Hell seemed powerfully real at this time. The terror of spending eternity in hell added greatly to the universal fear of death. The fires were not considered to be metaphorical but to be real: it… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• ABADDON —    the bottomless pit, or the angel thereof …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Abaddon — (Apollyon)    Angel of death, destruction, and the netherworld. The name Abaddon is derived from the Hebrew term for “to destroy” and means “place of destruction.” Apollyon is the Greek name. In MAGIC Abaddon is often equated with SATAN and… …   Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

• Abaddon — noun /əˈbæd(ə)n/ a) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus. Quotations b) Hell; the bottomless pit. , In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt …   Wiktionary

• Abaddon —    Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of the angel of the bottomless pit (Rev. 9:11). It is rendered destruction in Job 28:22; 31:12; 26:6; Prov. 15:11; 27:20. In the last three of these passages the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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