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A⋅pol⋅lyon

  [uh-pol-yuhn]
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–noun
the destroyer; the angel of the bottomless pit; Abaddon. Rev. 9:11.
Origin:
< Gk apollýōn (prp. of apollýnai to utterly destroy), equiv. to ap- ap- 2 + olly- destroy + -ōn prp. suffix
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Apollyon 
destroying angel of the bottomless pit (a name sometimes given to the Devil), 1382, from Gk. translation of Heb. Abaddon (q.v.), prp. of apollyein "to destroy utterly," from apo- "from, away from" + olluein "to destroy."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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