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They haveἔχουσινoverἐπ’themαὐτῶνas kingβασιλέαthe angelτὸν ἄγγελονof the abyss;τῆς ἀβύσσουhis nameὄνομα αὐτῷin HebrewἙβραϊστὶisAbaddon,ἈβαδδώνandκαὶinἐνGreekτῇ Ἑλληνικῇhe hasἔχειthe nameὄνομαApollyon.Ἀπολλύων
Revelation 9:11
Study it in the app“They have over them as king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 9:11, word by word
- They haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears- as kingβασιλέαbasilea
king
The one who rules a people with the highest authority.
Where else “basilea” appears- the angelἄγγελονangelon
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelon” appears- of the abyssἀβύσσουabyssou
abyss
Abyss: the bottomless deep, the depths; the realm of the dead and of evil spirits.
Where else “abyssou” appears- his nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- in HebrewἙβραϊστὶHebraisti
in Hebrew
In Hebrew; in the New Testament it can also mean Aramaic, the language the Jews of that time spoke.
Where else “Hebraisti” appears- AbaddonἈβαδδώνAbaddōn
Abaddon
Abaddon: a Hebrew word meaning "destruction"; in Revelation, the name of the angel of the abyss.
Where else “Abaddōn” appears- GreekἙλληνικῇHellēnikēi
Greek
Greek: of the Greeks; "in Greek", in the Greek language.
Where else “Hellēnikēi” appears- ApollyonἈπολλύωνApollyōn
Apollyon
Apollyon: a Greek word meaning "destroyer"; in Revelation, the name of the angel of the abyss.
Where else “Apollyōn” appears
Translation note
“Abaddon”: in Hebrew, “destruction”; “Apollyon”: in Greek, “destroyer.”
The context
10And they have tails like scorpions’ and stingers, and in their tails is their authority to harm people for five months.
11 · This verse (above)
12The first woe has passed; look, two woes are still coming after these things.