Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd 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.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GOver them as king is the angel of the Abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he bears the name Apollyon.
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageAs king over them they have the angel of the Bottomless Pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek his name is Apollyon — the Destroyer.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThey were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
Footnotes
Abaddon (אֲבַדּוֹן) is a Hebrew noun meaning "destruction" or "the place of ruin," used in Job (26:6; 28:22; 31:12) and Proverbs (15:11) as a near-personification of the realm of the dead beneath Sheol. Apollyon (Ἀπολλύων) is the Greek present active participle of ἀπόλλυμι — "the one who destroys," or the Destroyer. John names this being in both languages simultaneously, addressing both his Jewish and Hellenistic audiences. The F.O.G preserves both names in their original languages to honour John's bilingual intentionality; the F.O.G Message renders Apollyon as "the Destroyer" to make its meaning immediately transparent for modern readers.
