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His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. <a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon. <a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/kjv/revelation/9.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/9.htm">New King James Version</a> And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/nasb/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/lsb/revelation/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/amp/revelation/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king). <a href="/csb/revelation/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/asv/revelation/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon. <a href="/cev/revelation/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Their king was the angel in charge of the deep pit. In Hebrew his name was Abaddon, and in Greek it was Apollyon. <a href="/erv/revelation/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon. <a href="/gwt/revelation/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The king who ruled them was the angel from the bottomless pit. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. <a href="/gnt/revelation/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> They have a king ruling over them, who is the angel in charge of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon; in Greek the name is Apollyon (meaning "The Destroyer"). <a href="/isv/revelation/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> They had the angel of the bottomless pit ruling over them as king. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. <a href="/msb/revelation/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon. <a href="/net/revelation/9.htm">NET Bible</a> They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. <a href="/nheb/revelation/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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." <a href="/wbt/revelation/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, but in the Greek language he hath his name Apollyon. <a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is 'Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called 'Apollyon.' <a href="/web/revelation/9.htm">World English Bible</a> 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”. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they have over them a king—the messenger of the abyss—a name [is] to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he has a name, Apollyon. <a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek, he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/ylt/revelation/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they have over them a king -- the messenger of the abyss -- a name is to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon. <a href="/slt/revelation/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they have a king over them, the angel of the abyss, the name to him in Hebrew Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> A king, the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon; in Latin Exterminans, <a href="/cpdv/revelation/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they had over them a king, the Angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Doom; in Greek, Destroyer; in Latin, Exterminator. <a href="/nabre/revelation/9.htm">New American Bible</a> They had as their king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they had a king over them, who was the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is, A-bad’don, but in Greek his name is A-poll’yon. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And there is a King over them, the Angel of The Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Avadu, and in Aramaic his name is Shara.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And they had over them a king, the angel of the abyss: his name, in Hebrew, is Abaddon, and, in Greek, he has the name Apollyon.<CM> <a href="/godbey/revelation/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and they have over them a king, the angel of the bottomless pit, to him the name is Abaddon in Hebrew, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. <a href="/haweis/revelation/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And they had over them a king, the angel of the abyss of hell, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Appollyon. <a href="/mace/revelation/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> they had for their king the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek his name is Apollyon. <a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is 'Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called 'Apollyon.' <a href="/worrell/revelation/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon; and, in the Greek, he has a name Apollyon. <a href="/worsley/revelation/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue Apollyon. <a href="/parallel/revelation/9-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=1844" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">The Fifth Trumpet</a> …10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. 11<a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">They were ruled by</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: ep’ (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. "></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GF3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/935.htm" title="935: basilea (N-AMS) -- A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.">a king,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/32.htm" title="32: angelon (N-AMS) -- From aggello; a messenger; especially an angel; by implication, a pastor.">angel</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/12.htm" title="12: abyssou (N-GFS) -- The abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits. Depthless, i.e. abyss.">Abyss.</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onoma (N-NNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name</a> <a href="/greek/1447.htm" title="1447: Hebraisti (Adv) -- In the Hebrew, or rather, in the Aramaic dialect. Adverb from Hebrais; Hebraistically or in the Jewish language.">in Hebrew</a> <a href="/greek/3.htm" title="3: Abaddōn (N-NMS) -- Abaddon, Destroyer (i.e. Destroying Angel) or place of destruction (personified). Of Hebrew origin; a destroying angel.">is Abaddon,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1673.htm" title="1673: Hellēnikē (Adj-DFS) -- Greek, the Greek language. From Hellen; Hellenic, i.e. Grecian.">Greek</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echei (V-PIA-3S) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold."></a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onoma (N-ANS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">it is</a> <a href="/greek/623.htm" title="623: Apollyōn (N-NMS) -- Apollyon, The Destroying One, a Greek translation of the Hebrew: Abaddon. Active participle of apollumi; a destroyer.">Apollyon.</a> 12The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/job/26-6.htm">Job 26:6</a> Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. <a href="/job/28-22.htm">Job 28:22</a> Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ <a href="/job/31-12.htm">Job 31:12</a> For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest. <a href="/proverbs/15-11.htm">Proverbs 15:11</a> Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men! <a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a> How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ... <a href="/isaiah/33-22.htm">Isaiah 33:22</a> For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us. <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Isaiah 54:16</a> Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc. <a href="/ezekiel/28-14.htm">Ezekiel 28:14-17</a> You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. / From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you. / By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. ... <a href="/daniel/10-13.htm">Daniel 10:13</a> However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. <a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Daniel 12:1</a> “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. <a href="/matthew/12-24.htm">Matthew 12:24</a> But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.” <a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41</a> Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. <a href="/luke/8-31.htm">Luke 8:31</a> And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss. <a href="/john/12-31.htm">John 12:31</a> Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. <a href="/john/14-30.htm">John 14:30</a> I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 has his name Apollyon.they had.<a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a> And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.<a href="/john/12-31.htm">John 12:31</a> Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.<a href="/john/14-30.htm">John 14:30</a> Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.the angel.<a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1</a> 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.Abaddon.<a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm">Abaddon</a> <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Abyss</a> <a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Bottomless</a> <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/revelation/9-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/colossians/3-11.htm">Greek</a> <a href="/colossians/4-11.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Language</a> <a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Tongue</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/26-6.htm">Abaddon</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Abyss</a> <a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Bottomless</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/revelation/9-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/mark/7-26.htm">Greek</a> <a href="/revelation/16-16.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Language</a> <a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Tongue</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 9</div>1. <a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.</a> 2. <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions.</a> 12. <a href="/revelation/9-12.htm">The first woe past.</a> 13. <a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">The sixth trumpet sounds.</a> 14. <a href="/revelation/9-14.htm">Four angels who were bound are let loose.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They were ruled by a king This phrase indicates a structured hierarchy and authority over the locust-like creatures described earlier in the chapter. In biblical context, kingship often symbolizes power and control. The presence of a king suggests that these creatures are not acting chaotically but under a specific command. This can be contrasted with the divine kingship of God, highlighting the organized nature of both divine and demonic realms.the angel of the Abyss The Abyss, or bottomless pit, is often associated with a place of confinement for demonic beings (<a href="/luke/8-31.htm">Luke 8:31</a>, <a href="/revelation/20.htm">Revelation 20:1-3</a>). The angel of the Abyss is a figure of significant authority within this realm, suggesting a powerful and malevolent being. This angel's role as a ruler over the destructive forces aligns with the theme of judgment and chaos unleashed upon the earth during the end times.His name in Hebrew is Abaddon Abaddon, meaning "destruction" or "place of destruction" in Hebrew, is often associated with Sheol or the grave (<a href="/job/26-6.htm">Job 26:6</a>, <a href="/proverbs/15-11.htm">Proverbs 15:11</a>). In Jewish tradition, Abaddon is sometimes personified as an angel of death or destruction. This name emphasizes the destructive nature of the forces being described and their purpose in the divine plan of judgment.and in Greek it is Apollyon Apollyon, meaning "destroyer" in Greek, reinforces the destructive role of this angelic figure. The use of both Hebrew and Greek names may indicate the universal scope of the destruction, affecting both Jewish and Gentile populations. This dual naming also reflects the broader audience of the Book of Revelation, which was intended for a diverse early Christian community familiar with both languages. This verse, with its emphasis on destruction and judgment, serves as a reminder of the spiritual warfare and the ultimate triumph of God's justice over evil.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_angel_of_the_abyss.htm">The Angel of the Abyss</a> This figure is described as a king ruling over the locusts released from the Abyss. The Abyss is often understood as a deep, bottomless pit or a place of confinement for evil spirits. 2. <a href="/topical/a/abaddon.htm">Abaddon</a> This is the Hebrew name given to the angel, meaning "destruction" or "place of destruction." It is often associated with the realm of the dead or a destructive force. 3. <a href="/topical/a/apollyon.htm">Apollyon</a> The Greek equivalent of Abaddon, meaning "destroyer." This name emphasizes the destructive nature and role of this angelic figure. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_locusts.htm">The Locusts</a> These are symbolic creatures released from the Abyss, representing a form of divine judgment and torment upon those who do not have the seal of God. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_abyss.htm">The Abyss</a> A symbolic place of chaos and confinement for evil, often associated with the underworld or a realm of darkness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_realities.htm">Understanding Spiritual Realities</a> Recognize the existence of spiritual forces and realms beyond our physical perception. The Abyss and its inhabitants remind us of the spiritual warfare that exists. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_evil.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Evil</a> Despite the destructive power of Abaddon/Apollyon, God remains sovereign. This should encourage believers to trust in God's ultimate control over all things, including evil. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_protection.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Protection</a> The locusts torment those without God's seal. This emphasizes the necessity of being spiritually prepared and protected through faith in Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a> The release of the locusts and their king serves as a reminder of the reality of divine judgment. It calls believers to live righteously and share the gospel with urgency. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ's_victory.htm">Hope in Christ's Victory</a> While the forces of destruction are real, believers have hope in Christ's ultimate victory over sin and death, as depicted in the broader account of Revelation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 9</a> <a href="/q/who_is_abaddon_apollyon.htm">Who is Abaddon or Apollyon in religious texts?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_bottomless_pit's_nature.htm">What is the nature of the Bottomless Pit?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_satan's_other_names.htm">What are the different names for Satan?</a> <a href="/q/is_'firstborn_of_death'_literal.htm">Job 18:13: Is there any scientific or historical basis for “the firstborn of death” describing a literal force or being? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) And they had a king . . .--Better, They have over them as king (not "the angel," as in English version) an angel of the abyss; his name (is) in Hebrew Abaddon, and in the Greek he has a name, Apollyon. There is more than one point in which the seer wishes us to mark the contrast between these symbolical and the natural locusts. Locusts have no sting; these have. Locusts have no king (<a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm" title="The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;">Proverbs 30:27</a>); these have a king. The movements of the invading locusts are conducted with wonderful precision and order, yet no presiding monarch arranges their march; but here there is a directing and controlling head. The great movement is no mere undesigned or instinctive one, but the offspring of a hidden, spiritual force. The great battle is not on the surface only, the invasions, revolutions, tyrannies, which try and trouble mankind, involve spiritual principles, and are but tokens of the great conflict between the spirit of destruction and the spirit of salvation, between Christ and Belial, God and Mammon, the Prince of this world and the Prince of the kings of the earth. The king of these locust hordes is named in Hebrew Abaddon, or Perdition, a name sometimes given to the place or abode of destruction (<a href="/job/26-6.htm" title="Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.">Job 26:6</a>). "Destruction (Abaddon) hath no covering"--i.e., before God. (Comp. <a href="/proverbs/15-11.htm" title="Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?">Proverbs 15:11</a>). In Greek his name is Apollyon, or Destroyer: The spirit of the destroyer is the spirit that inspires these hosts. It is a great movement, but its end is destruction, as its inspiring genius is from beneath, from an angel of the nether world. It is not necessary for us to seek some great historical personage for the fulfilment of this portion of the prophecy, any more than we ought to accept any great historical event as an exhaustive fulfilment of the vision. The picture is vivid and forcible, and its full and certain meaning will be plain hereafter; but it at least should draw our minds from the curiosity which seeks for historical or personal counterparts to the self-vigilance which fears lest our own spirit should be injured by the prevalence of any form of evil. It should teach us to remember always the vehement, earnest way in which the sacred writers describe the subtle, venomous power of all sin, and the merciless destructiveness of its work. It is not of any invading hosts, or signal and special forms of evil, but of the terrible and usual influence of all sin, that the Apostle St. Paul writes when he describes the world-wide devastations of sin in language partly borrowed from the Old Testament, but singularly reminding us of the vision before us. "There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; the poison of asps is upon their lips; their feet are swift to shed blood; destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace have they not known; there is no fear of God before their eyes" (<a href="/context/romans/3-12.htm" title="They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no, not one.">Romans 3:12-18</a>). It is perhaps well to notice that at this fifth trumpet the unseen spiritual powers of darkness appear taking part in. the conflict. There is a time when the obstinate resistance of mankind (yes, and of individual men and women also) to better things becomes fortified by an evil spirit, and they are no longer passive resisters of good, but they become active antagonists of good, hating and obscuring the light of truth, and wounding the spirits and consciences of men. Alas! many walk of whom the Apostle could only say with tears, "they are the enemies of the cross of Christ" (the emblem of salvation), "and whose end is destruction" (<a href="/context/philippians/3-18.htm" title="(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:">Philippians 3:18-19</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit; they have over them as king the angel of the abyss (Revised Version). Most commentators contrast with the condition of the natural locusts, who have no king (<a href="/proverbs/30-7.htm">Proverbs 30:7</a>). "The angel" evidently, points to the star of ver. l, who is Satan himself. Some think a particular angel, not Satan, is intended. Alford unnecessarily hesitates to decide that Satan is meant, owing to <a href="/revelation/12-3.htm">Revelation 12:3, 9</a>. Whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Abaddon is the Hebrew אֲבַדּון, a noun representing the abstract idea "destruction" (<a href="/job/31-12.htm">Job 31:12</a>), but more frequently employed to designate the netherworld (<a href="/job/26-6.htm">Job 26:6</a>; <a href="/job/28-22.htm">Job 28:22</a>; <a href="/proverbs/15-11.htm">Proverbs 15:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/88-12.htm">Psalm 88:12</a>). Apollyon (ἀπολλύων, present participle) is the Greek ἀπώλεια (by which the LXX. renders אֲבַדּון) personified. It is in conformity with St. John's usual practice to give the two forms of the name (cf. <a href="/john/1-38.htm">John 1:38, 42</a>; <a href="/john/4-25.htm">John 4:25</a>; <a href="/john/9-7.htm">John 9:7</a>; <a href="/john/11-16.htm">John 11:16</a>; <a href="/john/19-13.htm">John 19:13, 17</a>). In the name we have summed up the character of him who bears it. He is the "destroyer," the one who causes "perdition" to mankind. Cf. the words of our Lord given by St. John (<a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a>), "He was a murderer from the beginning." Bengel and others contrast with "Jesus" the "Saviour." Perhaps the height of absurdity is reached by those writers (Bleek, Volkmar) who see in the name Apollyon a reference to (N)apoleon. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/9-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>They were ruled by ἔχουσιν (echousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. a king, βασιλέα (basilea) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. angel ἄγγελον (angelon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_32.htm">Strong's 32: </a> From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Abyss. ἀβύσσου (abyssou) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_12.htm">Strong's 12: </a> The abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits. Depthless, i.e. 'abyss'. His αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. name ὄνομα (onoma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. in Hebrew Ἑβραϊστί (Hebraisti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1447.htm">Strong's 1447: </a> In the Hebrew, or rather, in the Aramaic dialect. Adverb from Hebrais; Hebraistically or in the Jewish language. [is] Abaddon, Ἀβαδδών (Abaddōn) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3.htm">Strong's 3: </a> Abaddon, Destroyer (i.e. Destroying Angel) or place of destruction (personified). Of Hebrew origin; a destroying angel. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Greek Ἑλληνικῇ (Hellēnikē) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1673.htm">Strong's 1673: </a> Greek, the Greek language. From Hellen; Hellenic, i.e. Grecian. [it is] ὄνομα (onoma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. Apollyon. Ἀπολλύων (Apollyōn) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> Apollyon, The Destroying One, a Greek translation of the Hebrew: Abaddon. 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