The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon
Strong's Number: 717
Original Word Word Origin
Armagedwvn of Hebrew origin (02022) and (04023)
Transliterated Word
Armageddon
Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
ar-mag-ed-dohn'
Definition 1
Armageddon = "the hill of Megiddo"
Notice: 1. In Rev. 16:16 The RSV translates the name as Har-Magedon, i.e. hill (as Ar is the city) of Megiddo or M-Egiddo.
Definition 2
Armageddon
For other uses, see Armageddon (disambiguation).
Armageddon (Greek αρμαγεδδων; also spelled Har-Magedon in some modern English translations) mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Christian New Testament, or more generally, an apocalyptic catastrophe.
The word Armageddon in Scripture is known only from a single verse in the Greek New Testament, where it is said to be Hebrew, but it is thought to represent the Hebrew words
Har Megido (הר מגידו), meaning "Hill of, Megiddo".
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's Hebrew Greek Dictionary
Number: 02022
Original Word Word Origin
rh a shortened form of (02042)
Transliterated Word
Har
Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
har
Noun Masculine
Definition of Har
1. hill, mountain, hill country, mount
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King James Word Usage - Total: 546
mountain 261, mount 224, hill 59, hill country 1, promotion 1
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's Number: 02042
Original Word Word Origin
rrh from an unused root meaning to loom up
Transliterated Word
Harar
Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
haw-rawr'
Noun Masculine
Definition of haw-rawr'
1. mountain, hill, hill country, mount
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King James Word Usage - Total: 13
mountain 10, hill 2, mount 1
Ar- M- AGIDDION - AIGIDION - EGIDIO
Greek Letter μ = English Letter M= Hebrew letter מִ =Hebrew Word "From" or "of "
Hebrew word "Ar" ="City" or "Community"
Ar - Community
M - of
IN HEBREW
"M"
μμ -p.m.
"M"Also refers to:
π.μ.- a.m.
Hebrew(הר מגידו)
Book of Revelation Greek
αρμαγεδδων
English Transliterated from Greek Bible
Armageddon
Ar- M- = Community of
Ar-m- aigidion
Aigidio = 'Egidio
Written 'Egidio in Italian
Egidio-Spanish
World peace talks hosted by the Sant’Egidio Community
Sant’Egidio – Italian – English – Sant Giles
Egigio - Italian
GILES - English
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIE-ulz [key]
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which meant "young goat" from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion). Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker from Greece who was regarded as the patron saint of cripples.
Ar-m-aigidion = "Community of 'Egidio" or "Community of Sant'Egidio"
'Egidio = Giles in English
is the Medieval English form of the Old French saints' name Gide, an altered form of Latin Aegidius.
Some explain this as from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion) meaning "kid, young goat".
Others believe that the Latin Aegidius was from aegis, a goatskin shield, and that the name refers to the youth who would carry the shield for a warrior.
Giles masc. French, Kiðlingur (Giles derives from the Late Latin name "Aegidius", which meant "young goat" from Greek "aigidion".)
Pronounced: JIE-ulz From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which meant "young goat" from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion). Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker from Greece who regarded as the patron saint of cripples.
SEE: PEACE AND SAFETY
Sant'Egidio = Trastevere, Italy -Part of - Rome, Italy
near Vatican City
That Great City that rules over the kings of the earth.
The Place - Community of Sant'Egidio
Read - The Book of Revelation
Chapter 16 - Chapter 17
1Thessolonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
The inter-religious International Meetings started in the mid-80’s, as an initiative of the Community of Sant’Egidio, with the aim of promoting mutual understanding and dialogue among religions, in a horizon of peace.
The Community of Sant’Egidio has continued living the spirit of the Assisi World Day of Prayer, proposed by John Paul II in 1986, by accepting the Pope’s final invitation of that historical meeting: “Let’s keep spreading the message of Peace and living the spirit of Assisi”. Since that moment, through a network of friendship between representatives of different faiths and cultures from more than 60 countries, the Community has promoted a pilgrimage of peace, that has had several stages in various European and Mediterranean cities year after year.
The two first meetings in Rome in 1987 and 1988, were followed by Warsaw in September 1989 (“War never again”) - on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of WWII -, Bari in 1990, Malta in 1991, Brussels in 1992 (“Europe, Religions, Peace”, about the unity of Europe and its relation with the South of the world). In 1993 the pilgrimage stopped in Milan and in the following years, in Assisi and Florence.
The 1995 meeting was a special one: it took place in Jerusalem, in the heart of the Holy City. The title was “Together in Jerusalem: Jews, Christians and Muslims”. After the Rome and Padua-Venice meetings, came the extraordinary meeting in Bucharest in 1988, “Peace is the name of God: God, Mankind, Peoples”. For the first time, the meeting was organized by the Community and the Orthodox Church of Romania.
The presence of several Orthodox patriarchs and cardinals, and mainly the new atmosphere of dialogue opened the way for the first visit of the Pope to an Orthodox country, which took place some months later.
John Paul II, in the message he sent last year to the XIV Meeting for Peace, Community of Sant’Egidio in Lisbon, said: “I would like to thank especially the Community of Sant’Egidio for the enthusiasm and the spiritual courage shown in accepting the message of Assisi and bringing it to so many places in the world through the meeting of men of different religions.”
This year, the first year of the new century, the International Meeting for Peace takes place on the banks of the Mediterranean. Barcelona, deeply rooted in the history of co-existence among the great Abrahamic religions, but at the same time pointing to the new century, with its capacity of renewal, is for three days the capital of peace and the symbol of the new European reality.
Pope John Paul II writes in “Novo Millenio ineunte”: “... we face the challenge of inter-religious dialogue, to which we will be committed in the new century (...) Dialogue must go on”. To reaffirm in different languages and religious traditions the pacific power of dialogue, from 2nd to 4th of September in Barcelona, on the fifteenth anniversary of the first Meeting in Assisi, pilgrims of peace are going to live together “On the Frontiers of Dialogue: Religions and Civilization in the New Century”.
Posted: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:33:00 +0000
NAPLES, Italy (AFP) — Leaders of the world's main religions kicked off an annual inter-faith peace summit here Sunday with calls for a global organization uniting their faiths.
Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Israel's chief rabbi Yona Metzger and the imam of the United Arab Emirates, Ibrahim Ezzedin, were among those attending the gathering.
"Civilizations don't dialogue directly, but through those who carry their traditions and cultural values. So we should not speak of a dialogue of civilizations, but a culture of dialogues," Bartholomew told the opening.
In a similar vein, Metzger proposed a "United Nations of Religions" that would "embrace the heads of religious communities that have a profound influence on their congregations."
"If we sit down together around one table... surely we could arrive at effective solutions," he said.
Ezzedin, too, advocated a formal structure linking world religions, saying: "This important grouping of God-fearing people cannot and should not limit itself to processions, conferences and seminars."
"We need to form a permanent and authorised executive machinery for ... executing any decisions we may make," he added.
The Muslim leader however spoke harshly of "unjustified provocations in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan and ... unfair dealings in Palestine" that have prompted "some Muslim individuals and groups (to go) astray and wrong themselves by violent actions."
He added: "We are dismayed by the behavior of some great powers who continue to act aggressively against other countries, by means of military occupation under fabricated pretexts... forced regime changes and blunt interference in other countries' affairs."
The Sant'Egidio summits are meant to carry on the "spirit of Assisi" and were launched 21 years ago by John Paul II in the birthplace of Saint Francis.
The first summit, dubbed a World Day of Prayer for Peace, was attended by the Dali Lama, Mother Teresa and other religious leaders.
The pope, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, stayed away, reportedly out of concern that it put all religions on an equal footing.
Thus the timing of his pastoral visit to Naples has been billed as a "happy coincidence" by Sant'Egidio, a lay Catholic organization that has mediated in several world conflicts.
The theme of this year's peace summit is "A World Without Violence”: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue," with topics to include AIDS, immigration, the plight of Africa and the quest for peace in the Middle East.
The Sant'Egidio community is the "bridge in this search for common points and continues to work for dialogue in all parts of the world to build peace," said the Reverend Gijun Sugitani, the supreme adviser of Tendai Buddhism in Japan.
Earlier Sunday, Benedict celebrated an open-air mass as rain fell on pilgrims huddled under umbrellas in Naples' main square.
Lamenting "the sad phenomenon of violence" in the impoverished city, the pontiff said: "It's not only a matter of the deplorable number of crimes of the Camorra (mafia), but also the fact that violence tends unfortunately to become a widespread mentality, insinuating itself into the fabric of society."
Peace Appeal From Encounter of Peoples and Religions
NAPLES, Italy, OCT. 24, 2007 (
Zenit.org).- Here is the text of the message made public Tuesday by the Community of Sant'Egidio, after the 21st International Encounter of Peoples and Religions. The Sant'Egidio Community and the Archdiocese of Naples co-sponsored the event. The appeal was presented by a group of children to representatives of nations of the world at the concluding ceremony of the meeting.
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Naples, Oct. 23, 2007Men and women of different religions, from many parts of the world, we have gathered here in Naples to forge bonds of brotherhood, and call to God for the great gift of
peace. The name of God is
peace.
In the heart of the Mediterranean Sea and in this extraordinary city, which is well acquainted with poverty and greatness of heart, we stooped down upon the wounds of the world. There is an illness that pollutes every thing and its name is violence. Violence is the grim daily companion of too many men and women on our planet.
Violence becomes
war,
terrorism, poverty and despair, exploitation of our planet. It is fueled by contempt; it stuns people with hatred; it kills hope and sows fear; it strikes down the innocent, and debases humanity. Violence seduces the hearts of human beings and tells them, “nothing can change." This pessimism makes people believe that living together is impossible.
From Naples we can say, stronger than before, that anyone who uses the name of God to hate the other, to practice
violence, or to wage war, is cursing the name of God.
As Benedict XVI told us, “Never can evil and violence be justified by invoking the name of God."
We focused on our diverse religious traditions, we heard the sorrow of the South of the world, and we felt the burden of pessimism rising from the 20th century with its weight of war and shattered illusions. We need the strength that comes from the spirit of love, which helps rebuild and mend the unity of humankind. The power of the spirit changes the hearts of men and women and transforms history.
In the depths of our religious traditions, we have discovered that a world without dialogue is a world without hope, where people are fated to fear each other. Dialogue does not cancel differences. Dialogue enriches life and dispels pessimism that makes one see the other as a threat. Dialogue is not the illusion of the weak, it is the wisdom of the strong, who rely on the power of prayer. And prayer changes the world and the destiny of humankind. Dialogue weakens no-one’s identity, and it encourages everyone to see the best in the other. Nothing is lost with dialogue; everything is possible through dialogue.
To those who still kill, to those who still sow
terrorism and wage war in the name of God, we say: “Stop! Do not kill! Violence is always a defeat."
We commit ourselves to learn the art of living together and to offer it to our fellow believers. There is no alternative to the unity of the human family. We need brave builders, in all cultures, and in all religious traditions. We need the
globalization of the spirit, which reveals to us what we no longer see: the beauty of life and of the other, in all circumstances, even the hardest.
Our religious traditions teach us that prayer is an active power in history, and it moves peoples and nations. Humbly, we offer this ancient wisdom to the service of all peoples, of every man and every woman, to open a new era of freedom from fear and contempt for the other. It is the spirit of Assisi, and here, from Naples, full of courage and strength,
it challenges violence and any abuse of religion as a pretext for violence.Following in this path, confident that
peace can be a gift to the whole world, we commit ourselves to the Most High.
Religion Can Bring Peace, Says Cardinal
Encourages Hindus in Path of Dialogue With Christians
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 5, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Far from being a cause of conflict, religions can promise the peace for which the world longs, affirmed a Vatican official.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council of Interreligious Dialogue, said this in a message sent to Hindus for their Nov. 9 celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights. The message is titled "Christians and Hindus: Determined to Walk the Path of Dialogue."
"Sensitive to your religious feelings and respectful of your ancient religious tradition," the cardinal wrote, "I sincerely hope that your search for the Divine, symbolized through the celebration of Diwali, will help you to overcome darkness with light, untruth with truth, and evil with goodness."
He continued: "The world around us is yearning for peace. Religions promise peace because they trace their origin to God who, according to Christian belief, is our peace. Can we, as believers of different religious traditions, not work together to receive God's gift of peace and to spread it around us so that the world becomes for all people a better place to live?
"Our respective communities must pay urgent attention to the education of believers, who can so easily be misled by deceitful and false propaganda.
"Belief and freedom always go together. There can be no coercion in religion: No one can be forced to believe; neither can anyone who wishes to believe be prevented from doing so."
Overcoming ignorance
Cardinal Tauran encouraged believers to educate themselves about their own faiths, and to learn about the beliefs of other religions.
"Let us not forget that ignorance is the first and, perhaps, the principal enemy in the life of believers," he said.
"Like all human relationships, those between people of different religions need to be nourished by regular meetings, patient listening, collaborative action, and above all, by an attitude of mutual respect," the cardinal continued. "Accordingly, we must work to build bonds of friendship.
"In situations of misunderstanding, people need to come together and communicate with one another, in order to clarify, in a fraternal and friendly spirit, their respective beliefs, aspirations and convictions.
"Only through dialogue, avoiding all forms of prejudice and stereotyped ideas about others and by faithful witness to our religious precepts and teaching, can we truly overcome conflicts. Dialogue between followers of different religions is the necessary path today, indeed it is the only appropriate path for us as believers."
Interreligious Dialogue Is Working, Says Scholar [2007-11-14]
Affirms It Needs to Continue in Daily Relationships
Religion Can Bring Peace, Says Cardinal [2007-11-05]
Encourages Hindus in Path of Dialogue With Christians
"New Attitude" Noted in Muslim-Christian Relations [2007-10-29]
Pontifical Institute for Islamic Studies Responds to Open Letter
Violence in God's Name a "Curse" [2007-10-24]
Naples Meeting Concludes With Commitment to Dialogue
Peace Appeal From Encounter of Peoples and Religions [2007-10-24]
Jewish Leaders Briefed on Youth Day Event [2007-10-24]
Cardinal Proposes Road Map for Peace [2007-10-23]
Calls Religiously-Motivated Violence a Profanation
Naples Event Seen as Aid in Warding Off Civilization Clash [2007-10-22]
Says Coexistence Is Only Solution for Globalized World
Pope's Address to Religious Leaders in Naples [2007-10-21]
"Religion Can Never Be a Vehicle of Hate"
Benedict XVI: Religion Is Not a Vehicle of Hate [2007-10-21]
Urges Promotion of the "Spirit of Assisi"
Foundation Advises Israel on Religious Etiquette [2007-06-15]
Vatican Message to Buddhists [2007-04-25]
"May We Continue to Contribute Toward Peace and Harmony"
Pope's Address to Interreligious Foundation [2007-02-11]
"A Vital Need for Our Time"
Interreligious Dialogue a Must, Pope Says [2007-02-01]
Receives Group of Muslim, Jewish, Christian Leaders
"Nostra Aetate" Initiated New Era, Says Foundation [2006-10-27]
Marks 41st Anniversary of Interreligious Document
Book Culls Interreligious Documents [2006-10-20]
Covers Papal and Vatican Texts of 1963-2005
Pope Notes Conditions for Interreligious Prayer Meetings [2006-09-04]
A Testimony of Fraternity, Which Must Avoid Syncretism, He Says
Holy See's Statement at Conference on Tolerance [2006-06-13]
"The Frequent Belittling of Religion and Culture"
Jews and Catholics on Respect for Human Life [2006-03-02]
Final Statement of the Bilateral Commission
Interreligious Dialogue Aids Religious Liberty, Says Pope [2006-02-20]
Europarliament Condemns Persecution of Christians [2007-11-21]
Vows to Make Aid Dependent on Respect for Freedom
Benedict XVI Urges Peace in Somalia [2007-11-21]
On the Teachings of Aphraates [2007-11-21]
"Prayer Is Strong When It Is Full of God’s Strength"
Letter from Caritas Somalia [2007-11-21]
"We Cannot Simply Dismiss Somalia as a Hopeless Case"
Putting Social Doctrine in the Limelight [2007-11-21]
Justice and Peace Council Consider Key Task
Holy See Urges U.N. to Coordinate Disaster Response [2007-11-20]
Says International Community Needs to Offer Long-Term Aid
Holy See on a Humanitarian Response to Disasters [2007-11-20]
"A Steady Commitment Is Necessary"
Cardinal: Paul VI Knew Terrorism Could Become Widespread [2007-11-20]
Vatican Council to Study "Populorum Progressio"
The Life-Sapping Human Virus [2007-11-19]
Losing Equilibrium in the Ecology Debate
Democracy in Danger in Venezuela [2007-11-19]
Interview With Archbishop Baltazar Porras
Papal Address to Missionaries [2007-11-16]
"The Baptized Are Called to the Spreading of the Gospel"
Pope Says Missionary Work Has Only Just Begun [2007-11-16]
Notes Cooperation of Laypeople Adds Needed Spark
Cardinal Hails U.N. Vote on Death Penalty [2007-11-16]
Recommendation for Moratorium a
Vatican: World Still Needs "Populorum Progressio" [2007-11-16]
Justice and Peace Council to Study 40-Year-Old Document
Holy Land Likened to a "Family Home" [2007-11-15]
Cardinal-Designate Laments Christians' Emigration From Region
Statement of Joint Catholic-Orthodox Commission [2007-11-15]
"Ecclesial Communion, Conciliarity and Authority"
Pope Recalls Italians Who Died in Iraq [2007-11-14]
Papal Message on the Common Good [2007-11-14]
"Only Together Is It Possible to Attain It and Safeguard Its Effectiveness"
St. Jerome on the Bible [2007-11-14]
"Love Sacred Scripture and Wisdom Shall Love You"
Interreligious Dialogue Is Working, Says Scholar [2007-11-14]
Affirms It Needs to Continue in Daily Relationships
Vatican: World Still Needs "Populorum Progressio"
Justice and Peace Council to Study 40-Year-Old Document
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 16, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Populorum Progressio" turned 40 this year, and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace thinks it is as valid today as it was four decades ago.
Scholars and experts will gather Nov. 20-24 in Rome to consider the problems and prospects of human development 40 years after "Populorum Progressio," a dicastery communiqué reported. The theme will be considered at the pontifical council's plenary assembly Nov. 20-21 and at the second world congress of ecclesial organizations active in the sector of justice and peace from Nov. 22-24.
According to the communiqué, pontifical council members and consultors "will reflect on the current validity of the historic papal document, with particular emphasis on the moral aspects of development, on new forms of poverty and globalization, on conflicts and disarmament, and on safeguarding and protecting human rights."
Cardinal Renato Martino and Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, respectively president and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, will lead the plenary assembly.
More than 300 delegates from more than 80 countries are expected to participate in the second world congress of ecclesial organizations active in the sector of justice and peace. The specific theme of their meeting will be "The 40th Anniversary of 'Populorum Progressio': The Development of All of Man, the Development of All Mankind."
The congress "will study the new situations that have come into being in the world since the publication of the historic document, and the current challenges of development in the light of the Church's social doctrine, in particular the questions of human ecology, pluralism and intercultural dialogue, and new forms of government in the context of globalization," the communiqué reported. "Particular attention will also be given to the Church's pastoral commitment to integral and solidary development in the world today."
