Apollyon
[uh-pol-yuh n]
- the destroyer; the angel of the bottomless pit; Abaddon. Rev. 9:11.
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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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It is Apollyon who tempts Rome thus with the world and the flesh.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
Rhodes was Apollyon and a financier, and the foul fiend himself.
A Tramp's NotebookMorley Roberts
Evidently this was a case of possession by Apollyon himself.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
When Beelzebub had ended his oration, then Apollyon did begin.
The Holy War made by Shaddai upon DiabolusJohn Bunyan
On the other hand, Apollyon may be waiting for one round the corner of the next street.
The Literary SenseE. Nesbit
Apollyon
- New Testament the destroyer, a name given to the Devil (Revelation 9:11)
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Word Origin
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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