a.vad.don is a proper name used in contexts of Sheol, death, consuming fire, and the land of forgetfulness.

The term is used as a proper name in scenes associated with Sheol and death: it is uncovered before God, named with death as hearing a report, reached by consuming fire, and linked in the translation with the land of forgetfulness.

1. Proper name in death-related settings · dominant

   Each occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper. In Job 26:6 the APB renders Abaddon as having “no covering” beside Sheol; in Job 28:22 it is joined with death in reporting what they have heard; and in Job 31:12 fire reaches it to consume. Proverbs 15:11 again places it with Sheol before the LORD, while Psalm 88:12 renders the verse with “the land of forgetfulness,” leaving the term's specific English correspondence less explicit.

   Job 26:6Job 28:22Job 31:12Proverbs 15:11Psalm 88:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “Abaddon” in Job 26:6, Job 28:22, Job 31:12, and Proverbs 15:11. In Psalm 88:12 it instead renders the setting as “the land of forgetfulness”; The precise rendering of the term there remains uncertain.