Apollyon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator.

Word forms

Apollyon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀπολλύων (Apollúōn, “Apollyon, the destroyer”), from ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “utterly destroy”) via phono-semantic matching with Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾaḇaddôn, “destruction, ruin”).

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