Lexical Definition

‎אֲבַדּוֹן‎ ʼăbaddôwn (ab-ad-done') Abaddon ^N:N--L
intensive from ‎אָבַד‎

destruction.

• abstract, a perishing
• concrete, Hades

1) place of destruction, destruction, ruin, Abaddon

See Greek: Ἀβαδδών

Extended Information

• Abaddon, a place of destruction, destruction, ruin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אֲבַדֹּה

‎אֲבַדּוֺן‎ noun feminine^{? Prov 27:20} abstract nearly = proper name (place of) Destruction, Ruin, 'Abaddon (compare ᵑ6 Job 28:32 etc.) — ‎אֲבַדּוֺן‎ Job 26:6 (+ 4 t.); q. v. ‎אבדה‎ Kt ‎אֲבַדּוֺ‎ Qr Prov 27:20. — Place of ruin in Sh®°ôl for lost or ruined dead, as development of earlier distinction of condition in Sh®°ôl (see ‎שְׁאוֺל‎). Only in Wisdom Literature; Job 31:12 || ‎שׁאול‎ Job 26:6; Prov 15:11; Prov 27:20 || ‎מות‎ Job 28:22 || ‎קבר‎ Ps 88:12*.

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