- Transliteration: Armageddon

- Phonetic: ar-mag-ed-dohn'

- Definition: Armageddon = "the hill or city of Megiddo"

1. 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.

- Origin: of hebrew origin H2022" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2022 and H4023" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4023

- TDNT entry: 08:48,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H2022" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2022] and [H4023" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4023]; Armageddon (or Har-Megiddon) a symbolical name: - Armageddon.