[Heb. ābaddōn, transl. in Prov. xv. 11, destruction, from ābad he perished.] Used in Rev. ix. 11 as equivalent to the Gr. Ἀρολλύων, destroyer, as the name of ‘the angel of the bottomless pit.’ Hence applied by Milton to the bottomless pit, or abyss of hell, itself.
c. 1382. Wyclif, Rev. ix. 11. The aungel of depnesse, to whom the name bi Ebru Labadon [v.r. Abbadon, Laabadon, Abadon], forsothe bi Greke Appolion, and bi Latyn hauynge the name Destrier.
1526. Tindale, ibid. The angell of the bottomlesse pytt, whose name in the hebrew tonge is Abadon.
1611. Ibid. Whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon.
1671. Milton, Par. R., IV. 624. In all her gates Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.
1842. Tennyson, St. Simon Styl., 169. Abaddon and Asmodeus caught at me.
1850. Neale, Med. Hymns, 27. Michael, who in princely virtue Cast Abaddon from on high.
