Ἀβαδδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾaḇaddôn, “destruction, ruin”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.bad.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.badˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.βaðˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.vaðˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.vaˈðon/
Proper noun
Ἀβαδδών • (Abaddṓn) m (indeclinable)
- Abaddon, the destroying spirit mentioned in Revelation 9:11.
Descendants
Usage notes
Ἀβαδδών is not used in the LXX, rather ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) or sometimes ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi) is used as a translation of אֲבַדּוֹן.
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Ἀβαδδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- G3 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt; et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
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