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Ar⋅ma⋅ged⋅don
[ahr-muh-ged-n] 
məˈgɛd
–noun
| 1. | the place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil (probably so called in reference to the battlefield of Megiddo. Rev. 16:16). |
| 2. | the last and completely destructive battle: The arms race can lead to Armageddon. |
| 3. | any great and crucial conflict. |
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| Ar·ma·ged·don (är'mə-gěd'n) n.
[Late Latin Armagedōn, from Greek, from Hebrew har məgiddô, the mountain region of Megiddo : har, mountain; see hrr in Semitic roots + məgiddô, Megiddo.] |
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Armageddon [(ahr-muh-ged-n)]
In the Book of Revelation, the site of the final and conclusive battle between good and evil, involving “the kings of the Earth and the whole world,” on the “great day of God Almighty.”
Note: Figuratively, “Armageddon” is any great battle or destructive confrontation.
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Armageddon
"a final conflict," 1811, figurative use of name in Rev. xvi.16, place of the great and final conflict, from Heb. Har Megiddon "Mount of Megiddo," city in central Palestine, site of important Israeli battles.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Armageddon
occurs only in Rev. 16:16 (R.V., "Har-Magedon"), as symbolically designating the place where the "battle of that great day of God Almighty" (ver. 14) shall be fought. The word properly means the "mount of Megiddo." It is the scene of the final conflict between Christ and Antichrist. The idea of such a scene was suggested by the Old Testament great battle-field, the plain of Esdraelon (q.v.).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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