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- 1. (in the New Testament) the last battle between good and evil before the Day of Judgment.
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The word Armageddon appears only once in the Greek New Testament, in Revelation 16:16. The word is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew har məgiddô (הר מגידו). Har means "a mountain or range of hills". This is a shortened form of harar meaning "to loom up; a mountain".
Armageddon: [noun] the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil. the battle taking place at Armageddon.
Armageddon. occurs only in Revelation 16:16 (RSV, "Har-Magedon"), as symbolically designating the place where the "battle of that great day of God Almighty" (ver. 14) shall be fought. The word properly means the "mount of Megiddo." It is the scene of the final conflict between Christ and Antichrist. The idea of such a scene was suggested by the Old Testament great battle-field, the plain of ...
Armageddon, (probably Hebrew: “Hill of Megiddo”), in the New Testament, place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of God at the end of history.Armageddon is mentioned in the Bible only once, in the Revelation to John, or the Apocalypse of St. John (16:16).. The Palestinian city of Megiddo, located on a pass commanding a road connecting Egypt ...
Armageddon definition: 1. a final war between good and evil at the end of the world, as described in the Bible 2. an event…. Learn more.
Armageddon definition: (in the Bible) the place where a final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil. See examples of ARMAGEDDON used in a sentence.
<Armageddon (post-classical Latin Hermagedon, Hellenistic Greek Ἁρμαγεδών, both in Revelation 16:16), the name of the place where the last battle between good and evil is predicted to take place…
Armageddon: 1 n (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world Example of: battlefield , battleground , field , field of battle , field of honor a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought n any catastrophically destructive battle “they called the first World War an Armageddon ” ...
Definition of Armageddon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. New Testament the final battle at the end of the world between the forces of good and evil, God against the.... Click for more definitions.
