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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Word Origin and History for apollyon

Apollyon

destroying angel of the bottomless pit (a name sometimes given to the Devil), late 14c., from present participle of Greek apollyein "to destroy utterly" (from apo- "from, away from" + olluein "to destroy"); a translation of Hebrew Abaddon (q.v.).

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