destroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts ( Revelation 9:11 ). It is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Abaddon (q.v.).
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. "Entry for Apollyon". "Easton's Bible Dictionary".
