Apollyon en · PROPN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀπολλύων (Apollúōn, “Apollyon, the destroyer”), from ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “utterly destroy”) via phono-semantic matching with Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾaḇaddôn, “destruction, ruin”).
Meanings
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The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator.
A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.
1855, Robert Browning, chapter 27, in “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”:
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Translations (8)
fr Apollyon (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · pt Apolião (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · grc Ἀπολλύων (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · ko 아폴리온 (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · pt Apolion (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · de Apollyon (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · nl Apollyon (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator) · hi अपुल्लयोन (The destroying angel of the abyss, the undoer or disintegrator)