Abaddon

See also: abaddon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from the Late Latin Abaddōn, from the Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn), from the Biblical Hebrew אבדון (ʾăḇaddōn, literally “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbæ.dn̩/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: A‧bad‧don
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æbədɒːn/

Proper noun

Abaddon

  1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;[First attested from 1350 to 1470][3]
  2. (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. [Late 17th century.][3]

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “Abaddon”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.
  2. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abaddon”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abaddōn m (indeclinable)

  1. (Late Latin) the name of the angel of Tartarus

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → German: Abaddon
  • → Middle English: Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon
  • → Spanish: Abadón

Further reading

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