Apollyon

[ uh-pol-yuh n ]

/ əˈpɒl yən /

noun

the destroyer; the angel of the bottomless pit; Abaddon. Rev. 9:11.

Origin of Apollyon

< Greek apollýōn (present participle of apollýnai to utterly destroy), equivalent to ap- ap-² + olly- destroy + -ōn present participle suffix

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Examples from the Web for apollyon

But he met with no other harm from Apollyon quite through this valley.
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan|John Bunyan
It was the valley of the shadow of death, and his soul was at grips with Apollyon.
Lewis Rand|Mary Johnston
Who does not here call to mind the struggle between Christian and Apollyon in the valley!
The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier
She looked up as if it were Apollyon himself come to affront her holy abstraction.
Guy and Pauline|Compton Mackenzie

Apollyon—By this I perceive thou art one of my subjects, for all that country is mine, and I am the prince and god of it.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for apollyon

Apollyon

/ (əˈpɒljən) /

noun

New Testament the destroyer, a name given to the Devil (Revelation 9:11)

Word Origin for Apollyon

C14: via Late Latin from Greek, from apollunai to destroy totally

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