Abaddon

See also: abaddon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), 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]

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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 Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”)

    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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