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Abaddon (אֲבַדּוֹן, avaddon, Ἀβαδδών, Abaddōn). A Hebrew word meaning “perishing” or “going to ruin”; used figuratively to describe the underworld. In three instances in the OT, Abaddon is mentioned along with Sheol (Job 26:6; Prov 15:11; 27:20). In Job 31:12, Abaddon could be an abstract concept or a place. The Old Testament personifies Abaddon, making it synonymous with insatiability (Prov 27:20). Job describes it as having a voice (Job 28:22). Abaddon is mysterious—only God understands it (Job 26:6; Prov 15:11), and God is not praised there (Psa 88:11).
In the New Testament, the word occurs only once: The author of Revelation names the “angel of the bottomless pit” Abaddon (Apollyon in Greek; Rev 9:11).
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