Abaddon

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Abaddon

  1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;[First attested from 1350 to 1470][3]
  2. (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. [Late 17th century.][3]

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References

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  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 [1909], →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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn).

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Proper noun

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Abaddōn m (indeclinable)

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

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