Abaddon (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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A Hebrew word signifying:
- ruin, destruction (Job 31:12);
- place of destruction; the Abyss, realm of the dead (Job 26:6; Prov 15:11);
- it occurs personified (Rev 9:11) as Abaddon and is rendered in Greek by Apollyon, denoting the angel-prince of hell, the minister of death and author of havoc on earth. The Vulgate renders the Greek Apollyon by the Latin Exterminans (that is, "Destroyer"). The identity of Abaddon with Asmodeus, the demon of impurity, has been asserted, but not proved. In Job 26:6, and Prov 15:11, the word occurs in conjunction with Sheol.
This article needs to be merged with Abaddon.
Portions of this entry are taken from The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907.
