Word Summary
Apollyōn: "a destroyer", Apollyon, the angel of the abyss
Original Word: ἈπολλύωνTransliteration: Apollyōn
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-loo'-ohn)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: "a destroyer", Apollyon, the angel of the abyss
Meaning: Apollyon -- "a destroyer", the angel of the abyss
Strong's Concordance
Apollyon.
Active participle of apollumi; a destroyer (i.e. Satan) -- Apollyon.
see GREEK apollumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 623: ἈπολλύωνἈπολλύων,
Ἀπολλυοντος,
ὁ (participle from
ἀπολλύω),
Apollyon (a proper name, formed by the author of the Apocalypse), i. e.
Destroyer:
Revelation 9:11; cf.
Ἀβαδδών (and
B. D. under the word).