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Webster 1913 Edition


Abaddon

A-bad′don

(ȧ-băd′dŭn)
,
Noun.
[Heb.
ābaddōn
destruction, abyss, fr.
ābad
to be lost, to perish.]
1.
The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; – the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
2.
Hell; the bottomless pit.
[Poetic]
In all her gates,
Abaddon
rues
Thy bold attempt.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abaddon

ABAD'DON

,
Noun.
[Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.]
1.
The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. ix.
2.
The bottomless pit.