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-	The Hebrew term '''''Abaddon''''' (~~{{lang-he\|~~אֲבַדּוֹן}}, ''~~{{lang\|he-Latn\|~~'Ǎḇaddōn}}''), and its Greek equivalent '''''Apollyon''''' (~~{{lang-gr\|~~Ἀπολλύων}}, ''Apollyon''), appears in the [[Bible]] as both a place of destruction and as the name of an [[angel]]. In the [[Hebrew Bible]], ''abaddon'' is used with reference to a bottomless pit, often appearing alongside the place שאול (''[[sheol]]''), meaning the realm of the dead. In the New Testament [[Book of Revelation]], an angel called Abaddon is described as the king of an army of [[locust]]s; his name is first transcribed in Greek (Revelation 9:11—"whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon" (Ἀβαδδὼν)), and then translated ("which in Greek means the Destroyer" (Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollyon'')). The Latin [[Vulgate]] and the [[Douay Rheims Bible]] have additional notes (not present in the Greek text), "in Latin Exterminans", ''exterminans'' being the Latin word for "destroyer".	+	The Hebrew term '''''Abaddon''''' (אֲבַדּוֹן, '''Ǎḇaddōn''), and its Greek equivalent '''''Apollyon''''' (Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollyon''), appears in the [[Bible]] as both a place of destruction and as the name of an [[angel]]. In the [[Hebrew Bible]], ''abaddon'' is used with reference to a bottomless pit, often appearing alongside the place שאול (''[[sheol]]''), meaning the realm of the dead. In the New Testament [[Book of Revelation]], an angel called Abaddon is described as the king of an army of [[locust]]s; his name is first transcribed in Greek (Revelation 9:11—"whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon" (Ἀβαδδὼν)), and then translated ("which in Greek means the Destroyer" (Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollyon'')). The Latin [[Vulgate]] and the [[Douay Rheims Bible]] have additional notes (not present in the Greek text), "in Latin Exterminans", ''exterminans'' being the Latin word for "destroyer".

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

Nick at 03:33, 28 December 2015

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-	Abaddon (~~Hebrew אבדון Avaddon~~, Greek Apollyon, ~~Latin Exterminans~~, ~~Coptic Abbaton, meaning "A~~ place of destruction", ~~"The Destroyer"~~, ~~"Depths of Hell"~~) in the ~~Revelation~~ of St. ~~John~~, is the ~~King~~ of ~~tormenting locusts and the angel~~ of ~~the bottomless pit.~~ (~~KJV, Rev.~~ 9:1-11).	+	The Hebrew term '''''Abaddon''''' ({{lang-he\|אֲבַדּוֹן}}, ''{{lang\|he-Latn\|'Ǎḇaddōn}}''), and its Greek equivalent '''''Apollyon''''' ({{lang-gr\|Ἀπολλύων}}, ''Apollyon''), appears in the [[Bible]] as both a place of destruction and as the name of an [[angel]]. In the [[Hebrew Bible]], ''abaddon'' is used with reference to a bottomless pit, often appearing alongside the place שאול (''[[sheol]]''), meaning the realm of the dead. In the New Testament [[Book of Revelation]], an angel called Abaddon is described as the king of an army of [[locust]]s; his name is first transcribed in Greek (Revelation 9:11—"whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon" (Ἀβαδδὼν)), and then translated ("which in Greek means the Destroyer" (Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollyon'')). The Latin [[Vulgate]] and the [[Douay Rheims Bible]] have additional notes (not present in the Greek text), "in Latin Exterminans", ''exterminans'' being the Latin word for "destroyer".

-	--	+	==Etymology==
		+	According to the [[Brown Driver Briggs]] lexicon, the Hebrew ''abaddon'' (Hebrew: אבדון; avadon) is an intensive form of the [[Semitic root]] and verb stem ''abad'' (אָבַד) "perish" (transitive "destroy"), which occurs 184 times in the Hebrew Bible. The [[Septuagint]], renders "abaddon" as "ἀπώλεια", while the Greek ''Apollyon'' comes from ''apollumi'' ([[ἀπόλλυμι]]), "to destroy". The Greek term ''Apollyon'' ([[Ἀπολλύων]], "the destroyer"), is the [[active participle]] of ''apollumi'' ([[ἀπόλλυμι]], "to destroy"), and is not used as a name in classical Greek texts.
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		+	===Websters 1828===
	ABAD'DON, n. Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.		ABAD'DON, n. Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.

-	1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. ix.	+	:1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. ix.
-		+	:2. The bottomless pit.
-	2. The bottomless pit.	+

	Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.		Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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		+	===Old Testament===
		+	The term ''abaddon'' appears six times in the [[Masoretic text]] of the Hebrew Bible; ''abaddon'' means destruction or "place of destruction", or the realm of the dead, and is accompanied by [[Sheol]].
		+	* [[Job 26:6]]: the grave (Sheol) is naked before Him, and destruction (Abaddon) has no covering.
		+	* [[Job 28:22]]: destruction (Abaddon) and death say...
		+	* [[Job 31:12]]: it is a fire that consumes to destruction (Abaddon)...
		+	* [[Psalm 88:11]]: Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave (Sheol) or thy faithfulness in destruction (Abaddon)?
		+	* [[Proverbs 15:11]]: Hell (Sheol) and Destruction (Abaddon) are before the LORD, how much more than the hearts of the children of men?
		+	* [[Proverbs 27:20]]: Hell (Sheol) and Destruction (Abaddon) are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ([[Authorised King James Version\|KJV]], 1611)
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		+	===Second Temple era texts===
		+	The text of the [[Thanksgiving Hymns]]—which was found in the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]—tells of "the Sheol of Abaddon" and of the "torrents of [[Belial]] [that] burst into Abaddon". The ''[[Pseudo-Philo\|Biblical Antiquities]]'' (misattributed to [[Philo]]) mentions Abaddon as a place (destruction) rather than an individual. Abaddon is also one of the compartments of [[Gehenna]]. By extension, it can mean an underworld abode of lost souls, or [[Gehenna]].
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		+	===Rabbinical literature===
		+	In some legends, Abaddon is identified as a realm where the [[Damnation\|damned]] lie in fire and snow, one of the places in [[Gehenna]] that [[Moses]] visited.
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		+	===New Testament===
		+	The [[New Testament]] contain the first known depiction of ''Abaddon'' as an individual entity instead of a place.
		+	:[[Revelation 9:11]] And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. [[KJV]]
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		+	In [[Revelation 9:11]], Abaddon is described as "Destroyer", the angel of the [[Abyss (religion)\|abyss]], and as the king of a plague of locusts resembling horses with crowned human faces, women's hair, lions' teeth, wings, iron breast-plates, and a tail with a scorpion's stinger that torments for five months anyone who does not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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		+	The symbolism of Revelation 9:11 leaves the identity of Abaddon open to interpretation. Protestant commentator [[Matthew Henry]] (1708) believed Abaddon to be the [[Antichrist]], whereas the [[Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary]] (1871) and [[Henry H. Halley]] (1922) identified the angel as Satan.
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		+	In contrast, the [[Methodist]] publication ''The Interpreter's Bible'' states: "Abaddon, however, is an angel not of Satan but of God, performing his work of destruction at God's bidding." Strangely, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] hold that Abaddon is another name for Jesus Christ after his resurrection.
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		+	===Gnostic Texts===
		+	In the 3rd century [[Acts of Thomas]], Abaddon is the name of a demon, or the [[devil]] himself.
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		+	Abaddon is given particularly important roles in two sources, a homily entitled "The Enthronement of Abbaton" by pseudo-[[Timothy of Alexandria]], and the [[Resurrection of Jesus Christ (by Bartholomew)\|Apocalypse of Bartholomew]]. In the homily by Timothy, Abbaton was first named ''Muriel'', and had been given the task by [[God]] of collecting the earth which would be used in the creation of [[Adam]]. Upon completion of this task, the angel was appointed as a guardian. Everyone, including the angels, demons, and corporeal entities feared him. Abbaton was promised that any who venerated him in life could be saved. Abaddon is also said to have a prominent role in the [[Last Judgement]], as the one who will take the souls to the [[Valley of Josaphat]]. He is described in the Apocalypse of Bartholomew as being present in the [[Tomb of Jesus]] at the moment of his [[Resurrection of Jesus\|resurrection]].
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		+	==See also==
		+	* [[Apollyon]]
		+	* [[Hades]]
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	Abaddon (Hebrew אבדון Avaddon, Greek Apollyon, Latin Exterminans, Coptic Abbaton, meaning "A place of destruction", "The Destroyer", "Depths of Hell") in the Revelation of St. John, is the King of tormenting locusts and the angel of the bottomless pit. (KJV, Rev. 9:1-11).		Abaddon (Hebrew אבדון Avaddon, Greek Apollyon, Latin Exterminans, Coptic Abbaton, meaning "A place of destruction", "The Destroyer", "Depths of Hell") in the Revelation of St. John, is the King of tormenting locusts and the angel of the bottomless pit. (KJV, Rev. 9:1-11).
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		+	ABAD'DON, n. Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.
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		+	1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. ix.
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		+	2. The bottomless pit.
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		+	Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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