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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾaḇaddôn, “destruction, ruin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bad.dɔ̌ːn/ → /a.βaðˈðon/ → /a.vaˈðon/
Proper noun
Ἀβαδδών • (Abaddṓn) m (indeclinable)
- Abaddon, the destroying spirit mentioned in Revelation 9:11.
Usage notes
Ἀβαδδών is not used in the LXX, rather ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) or sometimes ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi) is used as a translation of אֲבַדּוֹן.
Descendants
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Ἀβαδδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G3 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN