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Etymology. 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, 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).
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May 5, 2020 · The name Armageddon comes from the Hebrew word "Har Megiddo," which means the "mountain of Megiddo," according to Cline. "By the Middle Ages, multiple nationalities, languages, and...
Jan 1, 2008 · The word Armageddon actually means Mount of Megiddo from har meaning mount and Megiddo. The broad valley that is here described is approximately fourteen miles wide and twenty miles long and historically has been the scene of many great battles of the past.
Jul 2, 2023 · Armageddon or the ancient city otherwise known as Megiddo is the setting in the New Testament for a final battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of time.
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Mar 15, 2024 · The Battle of Armageddon. At the end of the tribulation, Jesus returns with the armies of heaven (Mark 14:62). He saves Jerusalem from annihilation and defeats the armies of the nations fighting under the banner of the Antichrist (Revelation 19:11–21).
The earliest known use of the noun Armageddon is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for Armageddon is from before 1638, in the writing of Joseph Mede, Hebraist and biblical scholar.
