Abaddon
Meanings
name
- The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
- Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction.
noun
- An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
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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”).
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