Apollyon Definition

əpälyən
noun
In Revelation, the angel of the abyss; Abaddon: Rev. 9:11
Webster's New World
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pronoun

The destroying angel of the underworld, the undoer or disintegrator.

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Origin of Apollyon

  • Ancient Greek Ἀπολλύων (Apolluōn, “Apollyon, the destroyer”), from ἀπόλλυμι (apollumi, “destroy”)

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Apollyon Sentence Examples

  • The distinction of good and bad angels is recognized; we have names, Gabriel 4, and the evil angels Abaddon or Apollyon', Beelzebub 6, and Satan'; ranks are implied, archangels 8, principalities and powers9, thrones and dominions 10.

  • The term is here explained as Apollyon, the "destroyer."

  • The help of the engraver had early been called in; and tens of thousands of children looked with terror and delight on execrable copperplates, which represented Christian thrusting his sword into Apollyon, or writhing in the grasp of Giant Despair.

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