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Abaddon|əˈbædən|
[Heb. ābaddōn, transl. in Prov. xv. 11, destruction, from ābad he perished.]
Used in Rev.. ix. 11 as equivalent to the Gr. ἀπολλύων, destroyer, as the name of ‘the angel of the bottomless pit.’ Hence applied by Milton to the bottomless pit, or abyss of hell, itself.
c1382Wyclif Rev. ix. 11 The aungel of depnesse, to whom the name bi Ebru Labadon [v.r. Abbadon, Laabadon, Abadon], forsothe bi Greke Appolion, and bi Latyn hauynge the name Destrier. 1526Tindale ibid. The angell of the bottomlesse pytt, whose name in the hebrew tonge is Abadon. 1611Ibid. Whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 624 In all her gates Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt. 1842Tennyson St. Sim. Styl. 169 Abaddon and Asmodeus caught at me. 1850Neale Med. Hymns 27 Michael, who in princely virtue Cast Abaddon from on high. |