- Ἀβαδδών
- Ἀβαδδών, ὁ indecl. (אֲבַדּוֹן Pr 15:11; Ps 87:12; Theod. Job 26:6; 28:22=ἀπώλεια LXX) Abaddon, name of the ruling angel in hell Rv 9:11, explained as Ἀπολλύων Destroyer (cp. אָבַד). This name for the ἄγγελος τῆς ἀβύσσου and its transl. are based on the OT passages above, in which ἀπώλεια is parallel to ᾅδης=שְׁאוֹל Job 26:6 Theod.; Pr 15:11 and to τάφος Ps 87:12. In Theod. Job 28:22 it is personified, together with θάνατος; cp. the derivation of Apollo, source of plagues, from ἀπόλλυμι.—TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.