H11 אֲבַדּוֹן
ʼăbaddôwn — abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
KJV: destruction.
Derived from אָבַד ʼâbad (to wander away, i.e. lose oneself)
Occurs 5 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבַדּוֹן n.f. ? Pr 27:20 abstr. nearly = n.pr. (place of) Destruction, Ruin, ’Abaddôn (cf. 𝔖 Jb 28:22 etc.)—אֲבַדּֽוֹן Jb 26:6 (+ 4 t.); abbrev. אבדה Kt אֲבַדּֽוֹ Qr Pr 27:20.—Place of ruin in Shᵉʼôl for lost or ruined dead, as development of earlier distinction of condition in Shᵉʼôl (v. שְׁאוֹל). Only in WisdLt; Jb 31:12; ∥ שׁאול Jb 26:6 Pr 15:11 27:20; ∥ מות Jb 28:22; ∥ קבר ψ 88:12.
Where it occurs
- Psalms 88:12 — Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
- Proverbs 15:11 — Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
- Job 26:6 — Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- Job 28:22 — Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
- Job 31:12 — for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.