Ἁρμαγεδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הַר מְגִדּוֹ‎ (har Məgiddô, “mountain of Megiddo”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /har.ma.ɡe.dɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ar.ma.ɡɛˈdon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ma.ɣeˈðon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ma.ʝeˈðon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ma.ʝeˈðon/

Proper noun

Ἁρμαγεδών • (Harmagedṓn) ? (indeclinable)

Armageddon, the mythical battleground mentioned in Revelation 16:16.

Descendants

English: Armageddon
Greek: Αρμαγεδών (Armagedón)

References

Ἁρμαγεδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Ἁρμαγεδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
G717 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt; et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN

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