English Dictionary: Apollyon | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Apollyon | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apollyon \A*pol"ly*on\, n. [Gr. [?] destroying, fr. [?], [?], to destroy utterly; [?] from, entirely + [?] to destroy.] The Destroyer; -- a name used --(Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Apollyon destroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts (Rev. 9:11). It is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Abaddon (q.v.). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Apollyon, a destroyer |