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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

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:

Forms

Coordinates

red rider · White Rider: · white rider · black rider · Pale Rider: · Black Rider: · Red Rider: · pale rider

Translations (36)

fi tuomiopäivän merkit (signs which combine to imply the imminence of destruction) · cs Čtyři apokalyptičtí jezdci (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · el Τέσσερεις Καβαλάρηδες της Αποκάλυψης (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · cs Apokalyptičtí jezdci (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · hu Az Apokalipszis négy lovasa (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · de Apokalyptische Reiter (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · nb Apokalypsens fire ryttere (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · de vier apokalyptischen Reiter (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · ro Cei patru călăreți ai Apocalipsei (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · pl czterej jeźdźcy Apokalipsy (signs which combine to imply the imminence of destruction) · pl czterej jeźdźcy Apokalipsy (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · it Cavalieri dell'Apocalisse (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · fi Ilmestyskirjan neljä ratsastajaa (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · ca Quatre Genets de l'Apocalipsi (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · ja 黙示録の四騎士 (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · fi Apokalyptiset ratsastajat (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · vi Tứ kị sĩ Khải Huyền (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · nv náhodeesdzáago dįltʼéego łį́į́ʼ bił níjééʼ (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · eo kvar rajdantoj de la apokalipso (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · ru Четы́ре вса́дника Апока́липсиса (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · ar فرسان رؤيا يوحنا الأربعَة (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · id Empat Penunggang Kuda Akhir Zaman (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · fi Ilmestyskirjan ratsastajat (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · la quattuor equitēs apocalypticī (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · he אַרְבַּעַת פָּרָשֵׁי הָאָפּוֹקָלִיפְּסָה (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · sv Apokalypsens fyra ryttare (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · cmn 啟示錄中的四騎士 /启示录中的四骑士 (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · fr Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · es cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · pt quatro Cavaleiros do Apocalipse (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · ko 묵시록의 네 기사 (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · da de fire apokalyptiske ryttere (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · uk Чоти́ри ве́ршники Апока́ліпсису (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · nl de vier ruiters van de Apocalyps (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · tr Mahşerin Dört Atlısı (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) · eo kvar apokalipsaj rajdantoj (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)

wikipedia: Viktor Vasnetsov