ABADDON  , a See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew word meaning " destruction." In See also:

• POETRY

poetry it comes to mean "See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of destruction," and so the under-See also:

• WORLD

world or Sheol (cf . See also:

• JOB

Job See also:

• XXVI

xxvi . 6 ; Prov. xv . II) . In Rev. ix . 11 Abaddon ('A 3a.b& v) is used of See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

hell personified, the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of the underworld . The See also:

• TERM

term is here explained as See also:

• APOLLYON

Apollyon (q.v.), the " destroyer." W . Baudissin (See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie) notes that Hades and Abaddon in Rabbinic writings are employed as See also:

• PERSONAL

personal names, just as shemayya in See also:

• DAN

Dan. iv . 23, shamayim (" See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven "), and mdkOm (" place ") among the Rabbins, are used of See also:

• GOD

God .