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Ἀπολλύων

Apollýōn · G623 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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  1. Apollyon meaning Destroyer

    The Greek name for the ruling angel in Hell; see Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn, G3)

    Examples

    Revelation 9:11 They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.

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In the other Testament 1 word
אֲבַדּוֹן ʼăbaddôwn · H11 · world of the dead
Hebrew equivalent used in parallel with Apollyon in Rev 9:11 as the Hebrew name for the same entity; both mean 'destroyer' or 'place of destruction'
Semantic domains 1 entry
Apollyon meaning Destroyer93.32
In Revelation 9:11, the angel of the abyss is named: “his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon (Apollýōn),” giving the Greek form of the destroyer-king over the locusts.
Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὄλεθρος ólethros · G3639 · ruin, destruction, to destroy · 4×ἀπόλλυμι apóllymi · G622 · to ruin, to destroy, destruction · 90×ἀπώλεια apṓleia · G684 · destruction, waste, ruin · 18×ἈπολλύωνApollýōn · G623Ἀπολλωνία Apollōnía · G624 · Apollonia, a place in Macedonia · 1×ἐξολοθρεύω exolothreúō · G1842 · to destroy, to destroy and remove · 1×ὀλοθρευτής olothreutḗs · G3644 · destroyer · 1×ὀλοθρεύω olothreúō · G3645 · to destroy, to ruin, destruction · 1×συναπόλλυμι synapóllymi · G4881 · to be destroyed with, to perish with · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon Ἀπολλυοντος, ὁ (participle from ἀπολλύω), Apollyon (a proper name, formed by the author…
Ἀπολλυοντος, ὁ (participle from ἀπολλύω), Apollyon (a proper name, formed by the author of the Apocalypse), i. e. Destroyer: Rev 9:11; cf. Ἀβαδδών (and B. D. under the word).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Persons1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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