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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse proper noun: four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.

Proper noun

the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

  1. Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.
    • At the opening of the New Testament Book of Revelations, the end of the world is heralded by the four horsemen of the apocalypse, symbolising sickness, hunger, war and death.2024, Boris Kagarlitsky, The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left, page 115
  2. (idiomatic) Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction.
    • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,... Here and now those dread specters are: Divorce, Illness, Unemployment and Overspending. These are now the harbingers of economic doom […]2008, Shayna M. Steinfeld, Bruce R. Steinfeld, The family lawyer's guide to bankruptcy: forms, tips, and strategies, page iii
    • [One authority] has identified four types of communication, which he calls the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," that are signs of a marriage having problems […]2006, Ronald Brian Adler, Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, Russell F. Proctor, Interplay: the process of interpersonal communication, page 305

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Arabic

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
فرسان رؤيا يوحنا الأربعَة

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Indonesian

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Empat Penunggang Kuda Akhir Zaman

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Vietnamese

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Tứ kị sĩ Khải Huyền

Forms of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

alternative formFour Horsemen
alternative formHorsemen of the Apocalypse

Questions about Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

What does Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mean?
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse means four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.
What is Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Arabic?
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Arabic is فرسان رؤيا يوحنا الأربعَة. See Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a proper noun.

Words near Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the dictionary

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