Bible Dictionary
Destruction
Destruction may refer generally to ruin, loss, or perishing. In the Old Testament, Abaddon has the more specific sense of the realm of the dead or destruction, and the term is also associated with the abyss in Revelation.
Definition
Destruction means ruin, loss, or perishing. In its more technical biblical use, Abaddon denotes destruction and is associated with Sheol, the realm of the dead.
Biblical Usage
The Old Testament uses Abaddon in the Wisdom Literature for Sheol or the realm of the dead. The same term is connected with the abyss in Revelation.
Historical Background
The word is derived from a term meaning to be lost or to perish. In the King James Version, “destruction” translates more than thirty Hebrew words and four New Testament words.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
In Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>de-struk'-shun: In the King James Version this word translates over 30 Hebrew words in the Old Testament, and 4 words in the New Testament. Of these the most interesting, as having a technical sense, is 'abhaddon (from verb 'abhadh, "to be lost," "to perish"). It is found 6 times in the Wisdom Literature, and nowhere else in the Old Testament; compare Re 9:11. See ABADDON.</p>