Apollyon

Apollyon
/euh pol"yeuhn/, n.
the destroyer; the angel of the bottomless pit; Abaddon. Rev. 9:11.
[ < Gk apollýon (prp. of apollýnai to utterly destroy), equiv. to ap- AP-2 + olly- destroy + -on prp. suffix]

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