Revelation 9:11

They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.

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In The King James Version

And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

In Context

10They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

12The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

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Cross References

Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

John 16:11about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Revelation 12:9The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:2-13

The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they… Read the whole commentary →

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