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Pr 15:
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
In the NT, John took it one step further in Revelation 9:
Strong's Greek: 3. Ἀβαδδών (Abaddón) — 1 Occurrence
BDAG:
BDAG:
Strong's Hebrew: 11. אֲבַדּוֹן (abaddon) — 5 Occurrences11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD; how much more the hearts of the children of man!
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
Job 28:proper name (place of) Destruction, Ruin
In the OT, Abaddon was a place name but personified in Job 28.22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
In the NT, John took it one step further in Revelation 9:
7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces.
Abaddon was an angel of Sheol.11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon."
Strong's Greek: 3. Ἀβαδδών (Abaddón) — 1 Occurrence
BDAG:
Strong's Greek: 623. Ἀπολλύων (Apolluón) — 1 OccurrencePs 87:12; Theod. Job 26:6; 28:22 Abaddon, name of the ruling angel in hell Rv 9:11, explained as Ἀπολλύων Destroyer.
BDAG:
Apollyon, the Destroyer
Whether the writer of Rv implied a connection with the deity Apollo cannot be determined. Indeed, it is questionable, for Apollo was the god of purity and recognized for his civilizing influence.
Abaddon seems to be a powerful angel of destruction, associated with Sheol, death, and ruin.For ancient association of Apollo with the theme of retribution, … destroy them [the guilty ones] even as you do destroy!