This is the name of Abaddon: The angel of the bottomless pit, meaning "destruction".
Definition
Ἀβαδδών (Heb. אֲבַדּוֹן, destruction; LXX, ἀπώλεια, only in Wisdom Lit., of the place of the ruined dead: Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12, Psalm 88:12, Proverbs 15:11*), indecl.;
in NT, Abaddon, the angel of the Abyss: Revelation 9:11.
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- Revelation 9:11Ἀβαδδών · [is] AbaddonThey were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.