Death

death deaþ English thumb|Death as a skeleton with a scythe. thumb|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Death.wav US Proper noun The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. en the angel of death Azrael the Grim Reaper the reaper the pale rider the rider psychopomp Santa Muerte the Shinigami en Death can be seen on a tarot card. Revelation 6 7 8 7 And when hee had opened the fourth seale, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him: and power was giuen vnto them, ouer the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, & with hunger, and with death, and with the beastes of the earth. 137 Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion! en 1902 John Buchan The Outgoing of the Tide He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider. en. Coordinate terms en Chronos en Father Time Translations the personification of death Azerbaijani: az Əzrail Breton: br Ankoù Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 死神 sǐshén Cornish: kw Ankow m Czech: cs smrtka f Esperanto: eo Mortulo Finnish: fi mana French: fr Mort f, fr camarde Camarde f informal German: de Tod m personified, de Sensenmann m, de Gevatter Tod m, de Schlafes Bruder m, de Schnitter m, de Schnitter Tod m, de Todesengel m, de Todbringer m, de Knochenmann m, de König der Toten m, de Freund Hein m, de Boanlkramer m, de Boandlkramer m, de Boanl m, de Boandl m preceding 4 terms - Bavarian Hebrew: he מלאך המוות m mal'ách hamávet מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, he המוות m hamávet הַמָּוֶת Hungarian: hu Halál, hu Kaszás Icelandic: is Dauðinn Italian: it Morte f Japanese: ja 死神 しにがみ, shinigami Kazakh: kk Ажал Korean: ko 사신(死神), ko 저승사자 Latin: la Persephonē f Polish: pl Śmierć f Portuguese: pt Morte f Russian: ru смерть f с косо́й, colloquial ru костля́вая f, religion ru а́нгел сме́рти m Spanish: es muerte f, es Muerte f Sranan Tongo: srn Fedi, srn Akama-yaw Swedish: sv döden, sv liemannen Tagalog: tl Kamatayan Vietnamese: vi tử thần (vi 死神), vi thần chết Welsh: cy yr Angau m Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Death is the 124548th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 138 individuals. Death is most common among White (95.65%) individuals. See also en La Calavera Catrina en Hades Further reading Death (personification) Anagrams en adeht Theda hated en Death Personifications Stock characters