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ABADDON  , a

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Hebrew word meaning " destruction." In
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poetry it comes to mean "
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place of destruction," and so the under-
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world or Sheol (cf .
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Job
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xxvi . 6 ; Prov. xv . II) . In Rev. ix . 11 Abaddon ('A 3a.b& v) is used of
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hell personified, the
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prince of the underworld . The
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term is here explained as
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Apollyon (q.v.), the " destroyer." W . Baudissin (
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Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie) notes that Hades and Abaddon in Rabbinic writings are employed as
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personal names, just as shemayya in
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Dan. iv . 23, shamayim ("
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heaven "), and mdkOm (" place ") among the Rabbins, are used of
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God .

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