Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

four horsemen of the apocalypse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: four horse-men of the apoc-a-lypse
IPA

50

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

4

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"

Inflected Forms

the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (canonical) Four Horsemen (alternative) Horsemen of the Apocalypse (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

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

Questions

What does four horsemen of the apocalypse mean?: 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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