Strong's Number G717

Ἀρμαγεδδών

Armageddon · ar-mag-ed-dohn'

Transliteration:

Armageddon{ar-mag-ed-dohn'}

Word Origin:

of Hebrew origin 2022 and 4023

TDNT:

1:468,79

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

Armageddon (or Har-Meggiddon), a symbolic name

Usage in the KJV:

Armageddon 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

Armageddon = "the hill or city of Megiddo"

In Rev. 16:16 the scene of a the struggle of good and evil is suggested by that battle plain of Esdraelon, which was famous for two great victories, of Barak over the Canaanites, and of Gideon over the Midianites; and for two great disasters, the deaths of Saul and Josiah. Hence in Revelation a place of great slaughter, the scene of a terrible retribution upon the wicked. The RSV translates the name as Har-Magedon, i.e. the hill (as Ar is the city) of Megiddo.