Abaddon (Hebrew אבדון Avadon, meaning "destruction"). In Biblical poetry (Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11), it comes to mean "place of destruction", or the realm of the dead, and is associated with Sheol. Abaddon is also one of the compartments of Gehenna.^[1] This article describes the Biblical dialects of Hebrew. ... 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum This article is about the term Hebrew Bible. For the Hebrew Bible itself, see Tanakh (Jewish tradition) or Old Testament (Christian tradition). ... The Book of Job (איוב) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. ... The Book of Proverbs is one of the books of the Ketuvim of the Tanakh and of the Writings of the Old Testament. ... In Hebrew, Sheol (שאול, Shol) is the abode of the dead, the underworld, the common grave of mankind or pit.[1] In the Hebrew Bible, it is a comfortless place beneath the earth, beyond gates, where both the bad and the good, slave and king, pious and wicked must go... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In Revelation 9:11, it is personified as Abaddon, "Angel of the Abyss",^[1] rendered in Greek as Apollyon; and he is described as king of the locusts which rose at the sounding of the fifth trumpet. In like manner, in Rev. vi. 8, Hades is personified following after death to conquer the fourth part of the earth. Visions of John of Patmos, as depicted in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. ... Abaddon, in demonology, was chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. ... Apollyon appears in the New Testament (Book of Revelation 9:7 – 11) leading the locust-like swarm of demons that will be released in the End Times: 7. ...

Abaddon is one of the infernal names used in LaVeyan Satanism, and is first in the list—only as it comes first alphabetically—and means "the destroyer." These are The infernal names and their meanings used in Satanism, as listed in The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey. ... Satanism Associated organizations Church of Satan First Satanic Church First Church of Satan Prominent figures Anton LaVey | Blanche Barton | Peter H. Gilmore | Peggy Nadramia | Karla LaVey Associated concepts Left-Hand Path | Objectivism | Pentagonal Revisionism | Suitheism | Survival of the fittest | Might is Right Books and publications The Satanic Bible | The Satanic...

Identification of Abaddon

The symbolism of Revelation 9:11 leaves the exact identification of Abaddon open for interpretation. Some bible scholars believe him to be the antichrist^[2] or Satan.^[3][4][5]

Jehovah's witnesses believe that Abaddon is Jesus.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} (However, original Jehovah's Witness doctrine stated that Abaddon was Satan.)^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

See also

• Abaddon (demon)
• Apollyon

he is not satan or the antichrist Abaddon, in demonology, was chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. ... Apollyon appears in the New Testament (Book of Revelation 9:7 – 11) leading the locust-like swarm of demons that will be released in the End Times: 7. ...

External links

• Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge Abaddon

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Metzger & Coogan (1993) Oxford Companion to the Bible, p3.
2. ^ Matthew Henry Commentary on Revelation 9, Accessed 4/15/2007
3. ^ Jamieson, Fausset & Brown Commentary, Accessed 4/15/2007
4. ^ Halley (2000) Halley's Bible Handbook with the New International Version, p936.
5. ^ MacDonald (1995) Believer's Bible Commentary, p2366.
6. ^ ^{a b} Jehovah's Witnesses' Doctrine of Deception, Accessed 4/15/2007
7. ^ ^{a b} Baptist Pillar, Accessed 5/17/2007
8. ^ ^{a b} Watchman Expositor, Accessed 5/17/2007
9. ^ ^{a b} Brighter Light, Accessed 5/17/2007
10. ^ ^{a b} Reachout Trust, Accessed 5/17/2007

• Metzeger, Bruce M. (ed); Michael D. Coogan (ed) (1993). The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504645-5. 

• Halley, Henry H.; James E. Ruark (ed) (2000). Halley's Bible Handbook. Grand Rapids, MI: ZondervanPublishingHouse. ISBN 0-310-22479-9. 

• MacDonald, William; Art Farstad (ed) (1995). Believer's Bible Commentary. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers. ISBN 0-8407-1972-8. 

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Abaddon

• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 1907