This is the name of Abaddon: The angel of the bottomless pit, meaning "destruction".
Definition
Ἀπολλύων, -οντος, ὁ
(present ptcp. of ἀπολλύω),
Apollyon, i.e. the Destroyer: Revelation 9:11 (cf. Ἀβάδδων). (Cremer, 453; DB, i, 125, 172.)
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- Revelation 9:11Ἀπολλύων · ApollyonThey were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.