ハルマゲドン

Japanese

Alternative forms

• アルマゲドン (Arumagedon)

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‎^[1], 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