G3 – Abaddon – Ἀβαδδών – Abaddon; lit. Destruction
- Strong’s ID:
- G3
- Greek Word:
- Ἀβαδδών
- Transliteration:
- abaddōn / Abaddon
- Pronunciation:
- ab-ad-dohn’
- Part of Speech:
- proper noun masculine
- Etymology:
- of Hebrew origin H11
- Equivalents:
- H11
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “Abaddon” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) Abaddon
2) literally: Destruction/Destroyer
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
of Hebrew origin H11; a destroying angel:—Abaddon.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Abaddon = “destruction”
1) ruin
2) destruction
3) the place of destruction
4) the name of the angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and the author of havoc on the earth
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.