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Abaddon

a-buh-don
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In the Bible, the angel or personification of destruction who rules over the bottomless pit; by extension, the pit itself.
"The Book of Revelation names Abaddon as the king of the abyss."

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In plain EnglishA biblical name for a place or figure of destruction, roughly equivalent to hell or its ruling demon.

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abaddons plural

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Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾăḇaddōn), meaning "destruction" or "ruin", from the verb ʾāḇaḏ, "to perish".

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