What does Abaddōn mean in Latin?

Abaddōn, a proper noun, means “the name of the angel of Tartarus”.

How do you pronounce Abaddōn?

In classical Latin, [aˈbad.doːn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈbad.don].

proper noun · masculine

Abaddōn m (indeclinable)

Classical[aˈbad.doːn]Ecclesiastical[aˈbad.don]

Late Latinindeclinablethe name of the angel of Tartarus
et habebant super se regem angelum abyssi cui nomen hebraice Abaddon graece autem Apollyon et latine habet nomen Exterminans And they had over them a king, the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon; in Latin Exterminans. ― Douay–Rheims translationante AD 405, anonymous revisor(s) of the Vetus Latina, Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, Apocalypsis 9:11

Abaddon,m. indecl. Heb. destruction,

I. the name of the angel of Tartarus, Vulg. Apoc. 9, 11.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”)

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