Lexicon
אֲבַדּוֹן
a.vad.don
H0010
H:N-F Hebrew

destruction

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a.vad.don denotes the destruction named as never satisfied alongside Sheol.

The attested use names destruction in a comparison that presents it, alongside Sheol, as never satisfied.

Senses in use

  1. Destruction pictured as never satisfied · dominant

    In Proverbs 27:20, the construct singular noun occurs in the clause pairing it with Sheol; the APB renders the clause, “Sheol and destruction are never satisfied.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 27:20, the APB presents the term in the paired expression “Sheol and destruction,”.

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