Original Language Studio
Job 28:22
“Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֲבַדּוֹןʼăbaddôwn · ab-ad-done'
H11 · Hebrew
H11 · Hebrew
- Definition
- abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
- Derivation
- intensive from H6 (אָבַד);
- KJV renderings
- destruction.
- Grammar
- אֲבַדּ֣וֹן — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 26:6Job 31:12Psalms 88:12Proverbs 15:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲבַדּוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.