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Revelation 9:11 KJV
Revelation · chapter 9 · verse 11
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.Revelation 9:11 · King James Version
Revelation 9:11 in context
9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11And 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.
12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbaddonabaddōnAbaddon = "destruction", ruin, destruction, the place of destruction, the name of the…G3 →
- tonguehebraistiin HebrewG1447 →
- tonguehellēnikosa GrecianG1673 →
- angelangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- kingbasileusleader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, kingG935 →
- nameonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
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Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of the church; for, in the same way of speaking by which pastors are called stars, the church is called heaven;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12