Dictionaries :: Armageddon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Armageddon:

hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Armageddon:

ar-ma-ged'-on Armageddon: Re 16:16; the Revised Version (British and American) "HAR-MAGEDON") (which see).

Nave's Topical Bible

Armageddon: A Symbolical Name

Rev 16:16

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Armageddon:

("the hill or city of Megiddo") (Revelation 16:16). The scene of the struggle of good and evil is suggested by that battle‐field, the plain of Esdraelon, which was famous for two great victories, of Barak over the Canaanites(Judges 4 and 5) and of Gideon over the Midianites (Judges 7); and for two great disasters, the deaths of Saul and Josiah(2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chronicles 35:22). Hence it signifies in Revelation a place of great slaughter, the scene of a terrible retribution upon the wicked. (The Revised Version gives the name as Har‐Magedon, i.e. the hill (as Ar is the city) of Megiddo.- ED.)