Word Study · Strong's H11 · Hebrew
אֲבַדּוֹן
abaddon
ab-ad-done'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼăbaddôwn
“abstract, a perishing”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
Rendered in the KJV as
destruction.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- אֲבַדּ֣וֹן2
- בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃1
- וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹן1
- לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- Abaddon2
- [belongs] to the Abaddon1
- and Abaddon1
- in the Abaddon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNtfsa · 2
- HRd/Ntfsa · 2
- HC/Ntfsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job3 occurrences
- Job 26:6לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃laavadonpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularSheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.here: [belongs] to the Abaddon
- Job 28:22אֲבַדּ֣וֹןʾavadonnoun · feminine singularAbaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’here: Abaddon
- Job 31:12אֲבַדּ֣וֹןʾavadonnoun · feminine singularFor it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.here: Abaddon