אבדון

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ב־ד‎

From the root א־ב־ד‎ (ʾ-b-d, “Forming words pertaining to loss”) +‎ ־ון‎ (on, “A suffix marking places”).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔăvadˈdoːn/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔa.vaˈdon/

Noun

אֲבַדּוֹן • (avadon) m (no plural forms, no construct forms)

destruction, devastation, ruin

Descendants

Ancient Greek: Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn, “Abaddon”)
- Latin: Abaddōn
  - Middle English: Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon
    - English: Abaddon
- Russian: Абаддо́н (Abaddón), Абадо́нна (Abadónna), Аваддо́н (Avaddón)
German: Abaddon

References

Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
H11 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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