Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Apollyon \A*pol"ly*on\, n. [Gr. ? destroying, fr. ?, ?, to
destroy utterly; ? from, entirely + ? to destroy.]
The Destroyer; -- a name used --(Rev. ix. 11) for the angel
of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
[1913 Webster]
Apollyon
destroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented
by the locusts (Rev. 9:11). It is the Greek translation of the
Hebrew Abaddon (q.v.).
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