Meaning of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Babel Free
Definitions
- 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.
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Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction. idiomatic
Equivalents
العربية
فرسان رؤيا يوحنا الأربعَة
Español
cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis
Français
Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
Italiano
Cavalieri dell'Apocalisse
日本語
黙示録の四騎士
한국어
묵시록의 네 기사
Nederlands
de vier ruiters van de Apocalyps
Português
quatro Cavaleiros do Apocalipse
Русский
Четыре всадника Апокалипсиса
Türkçe
Mahşerin Dört Atlısı
Українська
Чотири вершники Апокаліпсису
Examples
“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.”
“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 […]”
“[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 […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.