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Apollyon in the Bible.

The Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit”. The King James Version names Apollyon in 1 verse, Revelation 9:11.

Who Apollyon was.

Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit” (Rev. 9:11). It is rendered “destruction” in Job 28:22; 31:12; 26:6; Prov. 15:11; 27:20. In the last three of these passages the Revised Version retains the word “Abaddon.” We may regard this word as a personification of the idea of destruction, or as sheol, the realm of the dead.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

The verse that names Apollyon.

Revelation 1

  • Revelation 9:11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Questions about Apollyon.

Who was Apollyon in the Bible?

The Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit”. The King James Version names Apollyon in 1 verse, Revelation 9:11.

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