Abaddon

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English

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Etymology

From the Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from the Late Latin Abaddōn, from the Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn), from the Biblical Hebrew אבדון (ʾăḇaddōn, literally “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”).[1][2]

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Proper noun

Abaddon

  1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;[3]
  2. (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. [3]

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References

  1. ^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “Abaddon”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.
  2. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 3
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abaddon”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abaddōn m (indeclinable)

  1. (Late Latin) the name of the angel of Tartarus

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