Armageddon

armageddon English 2026 September 1 TEL MEGIDO AERIAL B.JPG An aerial view of Mount Megiddo or Tel Megiddo in Israel, the site of Armageddon (en Mount Megiddo) where it is prophesized in the Book of Revelation of the Bible that a final battle will occur between the forces of good and evil before the Last Judgment. The Lamb Defeating the Ten Kings, about 1220 - 1235. Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment, The J. Paul Getty Museum.jpg A miniature from a 1220–1235 1 Spanish manuscriptn n1 From the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. depicting the final battle (sometimes known as Armageddon; en battle) before the Last Judgment. The upper register shows Jesus, the Lamb of God, decapitating the ten kings who are allied with the Antichrist, and the lower register a serpent devouring the bodies of the kings who have been killed. Etymology en :inh enm:Hermagedon<ety:inh<ang:Ermagedon<ety:uder<la-lat:Harmagedōn>>>> 1 The proper noun is from en enm Hermagedon, from en ang Ermagedon, from en la-lat Harmagedōn, from en grc Ἁρμαγεδών, used in the New Testament of the Bible (see the quotations) to render en he הר מגידו הַר מְגִדּוֹ har megído Mount Megiddo, the place where the final battle before the Last Judgment is predicted to occur from he הַר har mountain + he מְגִידּוֹ megído Megiddo or Meggidon, ancient city of Canaan. The Bible does not directly refer to Mount Megiddo, but only to a plain (or “valley”) of Megiddo where the Egyptian pharaoh Necho II killed King Josiah of Judah during the Battle of Megiddo in 609 (2 Chronicles 35:20–24;2 Chronicles 35 22 [Tt5] 578 1 Neuertheleſſe Joſiah hearkened not vnto the wordes of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. More recent translations such as the New International Version refer to the “plain of Megiddo”. see also 2 Kings 23:29), leading to “great mourning” (Zechariah 12:11).Zechariah 12 11 [Hhhh6] 1000 2 In that day ſhall there bee a great mourning in Jeruſalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. On the other hand, Revelation 19:17–19, which describes an angel calling birds to feed on the flesh of those who have died in the final battle,Revelation 19 17–19 [Aa5] 1 1503 1 And I saw an Angel ſtanding in the Sunne, and hee cried with a lowd voyce, ſaying to all the foules fowls that flie in the midſt of heauen, Come and gather your ſelues together vnto the ſupper of the great God: That yee may eate the fleſh of Kinges, and the fleſh of Captaines, and the fleſh of mighty men, and the fleſh of horſes, and of them that ſit on them, and the fleſh of all men both free and bond, both ſmall and great. And I saw the beaſt, ⁊ the Kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make warre againſt him that ſate on the horſe Jesus, and againſt his armie. And the beaſt was taken, ⁊ with him the falſe prophet, And the remnant were ſlain with the ſword of him that ſate vpon the horſe, which ſword proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the foules were ſilled with their fleſh. alludes to Ezekiel 38:17 in which God is described as calling on birds and animals to gather for Gog and Magog’s attack on Israel which will lead to “a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood” (spelling modernized and emphasis added).Ezekiel 38 17–18 [Bbbb6] 928 2 And thou ſonne of man, Thus ſaith the Lord god, Speake vnto euery feathered ſoule, and to euery beaſt of the field, Aſſemble your ſelues on euery ſide to my ſacrifice that I doe ſacrifice for you, euen a great ſacrifice vpon the mountaines of Iſrael, that ye may eat fleſh and drinke blood. Ye ſhall eate the fleſh of the mightie, and drinke the blood of the princes of the earth, Armageddon as the mountain of Megiddo appears to be a conflation of these two concepts.n 1577669952 June 2026 1; n The noun is derived from the proper noun. Pronunciation en /ˌɑːməˈɡɛdn̩/ [-ʔn] RP en /ˌɑɹməˈɡɛd(ə)n/ [-ˈɡɛɾʔn] GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-armageddon.wav Southern England /ˌɑːməˈɡɛdn̩/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-armageddon.wav GA /ˌɑɹməˈɡɛdn/ en ɛdən 4 en Ar ma ged don Proper noun en Christianity Islam en Mount Megiddo Mount Megiddo, a hill in modern Israel near the kibbutz of Megiddo, which is the site of a prophesized final battle between the forces of good and evil before the Last Judgment. full Revelation 16 14 and 16 cccxxxvj For they are the ſprettes off devyls workynge myracles⸝ to go outt vnto the kynges off the erth and off the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle off that grett daye off God allmyghty. And he gaddered them togedder into a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon. Revelation 16 14 and 16 [Aa4] 1500 1 For they are the ſpirits of deuils working miracles, which goe forth vnto the Kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battell of that great day of God Almighty. And hee gathered them together into a place, called in the Hebrewe tongue, Armageddon. en battleen by extension The battle itself. en 1813 William Cuninghame The Fourteenth Chapter of the Apocalypse A Dissertation on the Seals and Trumpets of the Apocalypse, and the Prophetical Period of Twelve Hundred and Sixty Years London Printed [by] [J. Brettell] for J[ohn] Hatchard,190, Piccadilly. 314 https://books.google.com/books?id=gT6Yf5xaHEoC&pg=PA314 38407489 This day will to the Christian world be even more awful and tremendous than the day of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem was to the Jewish nation. As the believing Jews were delivered from that destruction, so shall the true disciples of Christ be saved in the day of Armageddon: en 1941 October F. S. Bond The Railways of China w:The Railway Magazine London Tothill Press 440 0033-8923 1256058197 And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon. A figurative use. Derived terms en Armageddonism en Armageddonist Translations Mount Megiddo, site of a prophezied final battle between the forces of good and evil before the Last Judgment Arabic: ar هَرْمَجَدُّون m, ar أَرْمَجِدُون m ʔarmagidūn, ar أَرْمَجِدُون m Catalan: ca Harmagedon m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈米吉多頓, cmn 阿瑪革冬 Āmǎgédōng Catholic Danish: da Armageddon Finnish: fi Harmageddon French: fr Armageddon m Friulian: fur Armageddon m Galician: gl Armagedón German: de Harmagedon n Greek: el Αρμαγεδδώνας m Ancient Greek: grc Ἁρμαγεδών Hebrew: he הר מגידו הַר מְגִדּוֹ har Məgiddô Hindi: hi हरमगिदोन m harmagidon Icelandic: is Harmagedón n Indonesian: id Harmagedon Irish: ga Harmagadón m Italian: it Armageddon m Japanese: ja アルマゲドン Arumagedon, ja ハルマゲドン Harumagedon Korean: ko 아마겟돈, ko ^하르마게돈 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Harmegedon Latin: la Harmagedōn n Malayalam: ml അർമ്മഗദോൻ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Harmageddon Nynorsk: nn Persian: fa آرماگدون ârmâgedon Polish: pl Armagedon m Portuguese: pt Armagedão m, pt Armagedom m Russian: ru Армагеддо́н m Scottish Gaelic: gd Armagedon m Spanish: es Armagedón m Swedish: sv harmageddon n, sv Harmagedon Turkish: tr Armageddon Ukrainian: uk Армаґеддо́н m, uk Армагеддо́н m Welsh: cy Armagedon the battle itself Finnish: fi Harmageddonin taistelu Irish: ga báire na fola Italian: it Armageddon m See also en day of reckoning end times eschatology Final Judgment final reckoning Great Assize<qq:archaic> judgement day,judgment day Last Judgement,Last Judgment Ragnarok<qq:Norse mythology> Noun thumb|upright|A mushroom cloud created during a test codenamed Castle Romeo of a thermonuclear weapon on the Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on March 27, 1954. A nuclear holocaust is often associated with Armageddon (en great conflict). ~ en great conflict A catastrophic or great conflict, especially one regarded as likely to destroy the human race or the world; en loosely the end of the world. end of the world en Apocalypse doomsday England's Answer 16 I shall know that your good is mine: ye shall feel that my strength is yours: / In that day of Armageddon, at the last great fight of all, / That Our Home stand together and the pillars do not fall. en 17 September 1996 w:Maynard James Keenan; Adam Jones; w:Danny Carey; w:Justin Chancellor Tool w:Ænema w:Ænima New York, N.Y. Zoo Entertainment 35802796 Some say the end is near / Some say we'll see Armageddon soon / I certainly hope we will / I sure could use a vacation from this 13 February 2009 w:Mark Lawson A tabloid Carmen https://web.archive.org/web/20250218204831/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/anna-nicole-smith-opera In comparison to Richard Nixon-Mao Zedong, terrorism and armageddon, Anna Nicole Smith as the subject of Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera Anna Nicole (2011) may seem lightweight, but it could prove an inspired choice. en 2012 w:Richard Lingeman Epilogue: Why Korea? Why Nagasaki? Confessions of a Cold Warrior (II) The Noir Forties: The American People from Victory to Cold War New York, N.Y. Nation Books 371 https://archive.org/details/noirfortiesameri0000ling/page/371/mode/1up 978-1-56858-436-2 [T]he bomb did exist; it existed in our subconscious, our nightmares about what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the actual nuclear Armageddons. We'd perhaps seen grainy news pictures of the two ruined cities, fields of ashes and human dots, but little else. en by extension chess often attributive A type of chess game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation. en 30 April 1971 The Screen: Germ of an Idea review of The Andromeda Strain (1971) James O’Gara Commonweal: A Weekly Review of Public Affairs, Literature and the Arts New York, N.Y. Commonweal Publishing Co. XCIV 8 190 https://archive.org/details/commonweal-1924-2002/1970-1979/1971/Commonweal%20%281971-04-30%29%20%28unz%29/page/190/mode/1up 0010-3330 781560341 Michael Crichton has just been too shrewd to cast his lot with the boys who play Armageddon chess referring to military thinktanks. He's realized that the work for which they pay mere thousands can be sold to the public for millions. en 2012 Daniel Blake 5 White Death London Harper, HarperCollinsPublishers 28 https://archive.org/details/whitedeath0000blak/page/28/mode/1up 978-0-00-738448-8 Now came sudden death. Armageddon chess: and for one the sobriquet didn't seem inappropriate. In Armageddon chess, White had five minutes to make all his moves and Black only four: but White has to win, because a draw is counted as a Black victory. Alternative forms en armageddon Derived terms en -ageddon,-mageddon Carmageddon cicada-geddon hairmageddon insectageddon Pharmageddon Snowmageddon,snowmageddon Spermageddon,spermageddon Translations catastrophic or great conflict, especially one regarded as likely to destroy the human race or the world Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Finnish: fi maailmanlopun taistelu Galician: gl armagedón m Italian: it armageddon m Portuguese: pt armagedão m, pt armagedom m Spanish: es armagedón m end of the world type of chess game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Finnish: fi armageddon Notes n References Further reading Armageddon (disambiguation) en terms derived from toponyms terms derived from the Bible en Bible Eschatology Italian Etymology it la Armageddōn, spelling variant of la Harmagedōn. Pronunciation Armagèddon,Armaghèddon Noun it noun m Armageddon (all senses)