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Abaddon
(Hebrew, 'downfall', 'ruin')
In the Old Testament, the word refers
to the underworld, the place of destruction
(e.g. Job 26: 2; 28: 22). In the
Apocalypse, it means the angel of hell,
the lord of the plague of locusts
(Revelation 9: 7–11). Known in Greek as
Apollyon, i.e. destroyer.
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