אֲבַדּוֹן
ʼăbaddôwn · ab-ad-done'
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
Lexicon
Derivation: intensive from H6 (אָבַד);
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
- abstract, a perishing
- concrete, Hades
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destruction.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲבַדּוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and destruction2 · 33%
- before him, and destruction1 · 17%
- destruction1 · 17%
- to destruction1 · 17%
- in destruction1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.