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STRONGS NUMBER G3

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Word Summary
Abaddōn: Abaddon, the angel of the abyss
Original Word: Ἀβαδδών
Transliteration: Abaddōn
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ad-dohn')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Abaddon, the angel of the abyss
Meaning: Abaddon -- the angel of the abyss
Strong's Concordance
Abaddon.

Of Hebrew origin ('abaddown); a destroying angel -- Abaddon.

see HEBREW 'abaddown

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3: Ἀβαδδών

Ἀβαδδών, indeclinable, אֲבַדּון,

1. ruin, destruction (from אָבַד to perish), Job 31:12.

2. the place of destruction equivalent to Orcus, joined with שְׁאול, Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11.

3. as a proper name it is given to the angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and author of havoc on earth, and is rendered in Greek by Ἀπολλύων Destroyer, Revelation 11:11.



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