Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H11 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אֲבַדּוֹן |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | intensive from H6 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | abaddown |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ab-ad-done' |
| Meaning: | 1. (abstractly) a perishing 2. (concretely) Hades |
| KJV Renderings: | destruction. |
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אֲבַדּוֺן noun feminine? Prov 27:20 abstract nearly = proper name (place of) Destruction, Ruin, 'Abaddon (compare [untranscribed source text 4] ᵑ6 Job 28:32 etc.) — אֲבַדּוֺן Job 26:6 (+ 4 t.); q. v. אבדה Kt אֲבַדּוֺ Qr Prov 27:20. — Place of ruin in Sh®°ôl for lost or ruined dead, as development of earlier distinction of condition in Sh®°ôl (see שְׁאוֺל ). Only in Wisdom Literature; Job 31:12 || שׁאול Job 26:6; Prov 15:11; Prov 27:20 || מות Job 28:22 || קבר Ps 88:12.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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Esther 9:5
