Revelation 9:11 KJV

And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Scofield Notes

  • angel(See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
  • Apollyoni.e. Destroyer. Cf. Job 26:6; 1 Pet 5:8.

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

  • HebrewSee the chain from 2 Kings 18:26 · 7 links
  • SatanLink 4 of 6 · next Revelation 20:2

Cross References

  • Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
  • Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
  • John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

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Topics

  • Abaddon The angel of the bottomless pit
  • Angel (a spirit) Medium of revelation to prophets
  • Apollyon Angel of the bottomless pit
  • Hebrew Used to denote the language (Aramaic) of the Jews
  • Pit The bottomless pit

Bible Dictionary

  • HebrewA name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Gen 39:14, Gen 39:17; Gen 41:12, etc.), or by the...
  • AbaddonDestruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit” (Rev 9:11). It is...
  • GreekFound only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between “Greek” and “Grecian” (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek by race...
  • ApollyonDestroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts (Rev 9:11). It is the Greek translation of the Hebrew...

Greek and Strong’s

  • And Καὶ Kai καί Conjunction
  • they had ἔχουσιν echousin ἔχω Verb · present active indicative, third person plural
  • a king βασιλέα basilea βασιλεύς Noun · accusative masculine singular
  • over ἐπʼ ep’ ἐπί Preposition
  • them αὑτοῦ hautoû
  • the angel τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular ἄγγελον angelon ἄγγελος Noun · accusative masculine singular
  • of the bottomless pit τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular ἀβύσσου abyssou ἄβυσσος Noun · genitive feminine singular
  • whose αὐτῶν autōn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive feminine plural
  • name ὄνομα onoma ὄνομα Noun · nominative neuter singular
  • in the Hebrew tongue αὐτῷ autō Pronoun · third person, dative masculine singular Ἑβραϊστὶ Hebraisti Ἑβραϊστί Adverb
  • Abaddon Ἀβαδδὼν Abaddōn Ἀβαδδών Noun · nominative masculine singular
  • but καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
  • the Greek tongue τῇ tē Article · dative feminine singular Ἑλληνικῇ Hellēnikē Ἑλληνικός Adjective · dative feminine singular
  • hath ἔχει echei ἔχω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
  • name ὄνομα onoma ὄνομα Noun · accusative neuter singular
  • Apollyon Ἀπολλύων Apollyōn Ἀπολλύων Noun · nominative masculine singular

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