ʼăbaddôwn — H11

Definition

locative proper noun

abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades

1. place of destruction, destruction, ruin, Abaddon

Usually translated as

destruction

Origin

intensive from H6

• Derived from ʼâbad (H6)

Greek equivalents

• Abaddṓn (G3)

Occurrences

ʼăbaddôwn occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (3), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1)

• Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction (לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן) hath no covering.
• Job 28:22 — Destruction (אֲבַדּ֣וֹן) and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
• Job 31:12 — For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction (אֲבַדּ֣וֹן), and would root out all mine increase.
• Psalms 88:11 — Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction (בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן)?
• Proverbs 15:11 — Hell and destruction (וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹן) are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?