Apollyon \A*pol"ly*on\, n. [Gr. ? destroying, fr. ?, ?, to destroy utterly; ? from, entirely + ? to destroy.] The Destroyer; -- a name used --(Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon. [1913 Webster]
Apollyon destroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts (Rev. 9:11). It is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Abaddon (q.v.).