In all these passages save one ( Job 31:12) the word is combined either with Sheol, "death," or "the grave," in such a way as to indicate a purely eschatological term based upon the advanced idea of moral distinctions in the realm of the dead. The term Abaddon ("destruction") appears solely in the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and in the following narrow range of instances:
Present participle of the verb apolluo, "to destroy."Ī proper name, original with the author of the Apocalypse and used by him once ( Revelation 9:11) as a translation of the Hebrew word "Abaddon" (see ABADDON) to designate an angel or prince of the lower world.
A-pol'-i-on (Apolluon 'abhaddon, "destroyer"):
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