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ABADDON

(Heb. ʾăḇaddôn)

The “place of destruction,” from the verb ʾāḇaḏ, “to perish” or “to fail.” In its five occurrences in the OT (Ps. 88:11[MT 12]; Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Prov. 15:11), it is a synonym of “Sheol.”

In the NT Gk. Abaddṓn is the name of an angel that rules over the deadly swarm of locusts, which the visionary sees as plaguing humanity, and over hell itself (Rev. 9:11). The basis of this “personification” seems to trace back to Job 28:22, where Abaddon speaks, along with “death.”

Jim West






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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