Abaddon
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddōn, “Abaddon”), from Hebrew אבדון ābaddōn, destruction, abyss, from אבד ābad, to be lost, to perish.[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
Abaddon (plural Abaddons)
- The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon; Asmodeus. [First attested from 1350 to 1470][3]
- (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. [Late 17th century.][3]
- John Milton:
- In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.
- John Milton:
Translations[edit]
the destroyer
Hell
References[edit]
- ^ 2007 [2002], Lindberg, Christine A. editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, edition 2nd, New York, NY: Spark Publishing., ISBN 978-1-4114-0500-4, page 1:
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 3:
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2:
