Abaddown — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֲבַדּוֹן

אֲבַדּוֹן

ʼăbaddôwn · pronounced ab-ad-done' · Strong's H11 · a place

Abaddown means abstract, a perishing.

Built from

אָבַד ʼâbad (intensive from, H6) — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself open in the lexicon ›

intensive from H6; abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades.

Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. (KJV)

5 occurrences in 5 verses — Job, Psalms, Proverbs

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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