Apollyon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Apollyon, a destroyer