ハルマゲドン

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ハルマゲ​ドン [hàrúmágéꜜdòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝma̠ɡe̞dõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

ハルマゲドン • (Harumagedon) 

  1. (Christianity) Armageddon (the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil)
    • 1880, 新約全書‎, Revelation 16:16; republished 横浜: 米国聖書会社, 1904:
      かの三(みつ)の靈(れい)諸(しよ)王(わう)たちをヘブルの音(おん)にてハルマゲドンとよぶ所(ところ)に集(あつめ)たり
      Kano mitsu no rei shoō-tachi o Heburu no on nite Harumagedon to yobu tokoro ni atsumetari
      The three spirits gathered the kings together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
  2. (by extension) the end of the world
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