Apollyon

[uh-pol-yuh n]

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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Related Words for apollyon

Lucifer, demon, Mephistopheles, Antichrist, Beelzebub, archfiend

Examples from the Web for apollyon

Historical Examples of apollyon

It is Apollyon who tempts Rome thus with the world and the flesh.
Dreamers of the Ghetto
I. Zangwill
Rhodes was Apollyon and a financier, and the foul fiend himself.
A Tramp's Notebook
Morley Roberts
Evidently this was a case of possession by Apollyon himself.
The Cradle of Mankind
W.A. Wigram
When Beelzebub had ended his oration, then Apollyon did begin.
The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolus
John Bunyan
On the other hand, Apollyon may be waiting for one round the corner of the next street.
The Literary Sense
E. Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for apollyon

Apollyon

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.).