Armageddon

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*H2022 הַר (har) : a shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively):--hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.

Genesis 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. [kjv]

… הרי … [he]

The Hebrew word "הרי" (ha-re) ≈ "mountains". The battle of "Armageddon" is from the Hebrew for "Har Megiddon", the "Mountain of Megiddo".

The mound (or city) of Megiddo is, in Hebrew, "Tel Megiddo". The "mountain" is actually a "mound" of a "city" that has built up, layer by layer, such that it is referred to as a "mountain". Megiddo is found twelve times in the OT (Old Testament) and once in Revelation.

Genesis 8:4

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KJV: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Hebrew: ותנח התבה בחדש השביעי בשבעה עשר יום לחדש על הרי אררט׃

Greek: και εκαθισεν η κιβωτος εν μηνι τω εβδομω εβδομη και εικαδι του μηνος επι τα ορη τα αραρατ

Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. [kjv]

και συνηγαγεν αυτους εις τον τοπον τον καλουμενον εβραιστι αρ μαγεδων [gnt]

… Hermagedon [v]

The term Armageddon is known in modern times as a reference to the end of the world. Armageddon is in the Jezreel Valley and is near Nazareth.

Is "Armageddon" a "battle" as in one part of a "war" or is "Armageddon" a "war" consisting of a series of battles? Most "wars" consist of many "battles". Or does it not matter?

The Hebrew word "מגדו" (ma-gid-do) ≈ "Maggido".

Revelation 16:16

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KJV: And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Greek: και συνηγαγεν αυτους εις τον τοπον τον καλουμενον εβραιστι αρμαγεδδων αρ μαγεδων

Latin: et congregavit illos in locum qui vocatur hebraice Hermagedon

Wycliffe: And he schal gadre hem in to a place, that is clepid in Ebreu Hermagedon.

The modern Greek word "μάχη" (MA-khee) ≈ "battle". This appears 35 times in the LXX (Septuagint).
The modern Greek word "μαχαίρι" (ma-KHEH-ree) ≈ "knife" which has a root word of «μαχ» for battle.
The ancient Greek root «μαχαιρ» for "sword" (as in the Roman short sword) appears 189 times in the LXX and GNT (Greek New Testament).

Joshua 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; [kjv]

Joshua 12:21

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KJV: The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

Hebrew: מלך תענך אחד מלך מגדו אחד׃

Greek: βασιλεα καδης βασιλεα ταναχ

Judges 5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. [kjv]

ηλθον βασιλεις και παρεταξαντο τοτε επολεμησαν βασιλεις χανααν εν θενναχ επι υδατος μαγεδδω πλεονεξιαν αργυριου ουκ ελαβον [lxx]

… Mageddo … [v]

Judges 5:19

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KJV: The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

Hebrew: באו מלכים נלחמו אז נלחמו מלכי כנען בתענך על מי מגדו בצע כסף לא לקחו׃

Greek: ηλθον βασιλεις και παρεταξαντο τοτε επολεμησαν βασιλεις χανααν εν θενναχ επι υδατος μαγεδδω πλεονεξιαν αργυριου ουκ ελαβον

Latin: venerunt reges et pugnaverunt pugnaverunt reges Chanaan in Thanach iuxta aquas Mageddo et tamen nihil tulere praedantes

2 Kings 23:29 In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. [kjv]

εν δε ταις ημεραις αυτου ανεβη φαραω νεχαω βασιλευς αιγυπτου επι βασιλεα ασσυριων επι ποταμον ευφρατην και επορευθη ιωσιας εις απαντην αυτου και εθανατωσεν αυτον νεχαω εν μαγεδδω εν τω ιδειν αυτον [lxx]

… Mageddo … [v]

The Battle of Megiddo took place in 609 B.C. and is recorded in 2 Kings. King Josiah would not let the Egyptians pass and died in the battle.

2 Kings 23:29

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KJV: In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

Hebrew: בימיו עלה פרעה נכה מלך מצרים על מלך אשור על נהר פרת וילך המלך יאשיהו לקראתו וימיתהו במגדו כראתו אתו׃

Greek: εν δε ταις ημεραις αυτου ανεβη φαραω νεχαω βασιλευς αιγυπτου επι βασιλεα ασσυριων επι ποταμον ευφρατην και επορευθη ιωσιας εις απαντην αυτου και εθανατωσεν αυτον νεχαω εν μαγεδδω εν τω ιδειν αυτον

Latin: in diebus eius ascendit Pharao Necho rex Aegypti contra regem Assyriorum ad flumen Eufraten et abiit Iosias rex in occursum eius et occisus est in Mageddo cum vidisset eum

The battle of Megiddo led to the Battle of Carchemish in 605 B.C., the first large battle for which there are historical records. This battle ended the Assyrian Empire, which had a reprieve ofter the repentance recorded in the book of Jonah.

The Battle of Carchemish is mentioned in Jeremiah 46:1-12.

Details are left as a future topic.

Napoleon visited this place and stated it would be a great place for a battle. He visited it in conjunction with his Egyptian campaign in which the Rosetta Stone was discovered and later translated to rediscover the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics.