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.
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.
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