Ἀβαδδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾaḇaddôn, “destruction, ruin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.bad.dɔ̌ːn/ → /a.βaðˈðon/ → /a.vaˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.bad.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.badˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βaðˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.vaðˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈðon/

Proper noun

Ἀβαδδών • (Abaddṓn) m (indeclinable)

1. Abaddon, the destroying spirit mentioned in Revelation 9:11.

Usage notes

Ἀβαδδών is not used in the LXX, rather ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) or sometimes ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi) is used as a translation of אֲבַדּוֹן.

Descendants

• Greek: Αβαδδών (Avaddón)
• → Latin: Abaddōn
  • → German: Abaddon
  • → Middle English: Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon
    • English: Abaddon
  • → Spanish: Abadón
• → Russian: Абаддо́н (Abaddón)

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 (2006–2024)
• G3 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN