apocalypse

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Proprialization from apocalypse, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”). The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō) Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς (ăpokắlŭpsĭs)der. Latin apocalypsisbor. Middle English apocalips English apocalypse From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”, literally “uncovering”), from ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal”), from ἀπό (apó, “back, away from”) + καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), + -σις (-sis, suffix forming nouns). The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John. The verb is from the noun and, in sense 1, a semantic loan from the etymonic Ancient Greek verb ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō, “to reveal”).

268 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Openbaring — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Albanian: apokalips — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Arabic: رُؤْيَا (ruʔyā) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Arabic: كَشْف (kašf) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Armenian: Հայտնություն (Haytnutʻyun) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Basque: Apokalipsi — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Breton: Diskuliadur — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Bulgarian: Апокалипсис (Apokalipsis) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Catalan: apocalipsi — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Cebuano: Pinadayag — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Corsican: Apocàlisi — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Czech: Zjevení — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Danish: Åbenbaring — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Dutch: Openbaring — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Estonian: ilmutus — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Faroese: Opinbering — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Finnish: ilmestys — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Finnish: maailmanloppu — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• French: apocalypse — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• West-Frisian: Iepenbiering — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Galician: apocalipse — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• German: Apokalypse — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• German: Offenbarung — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Greek: Αποκάλυψη (Apokálypsi) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Ancient Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokálupsis) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Greenlandic: saqqummersitat — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Hebrew: אפוקליפסה — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Hebrew: חזון — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Hungarian: Jelenések — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Icelandic: Opinberunar — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Ido: Apokalipso — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Irish: Apacailipsis — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Italian: apocalisse — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Japanese: 黙示録 (Mokushiroku) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Korean: 묵시록 (muksirok) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Latin: Apocalypsis — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Latvian: Atklāsmes — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Limburgish: Revelatie — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Maltese: Apokalissi — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Manx: Ashlish — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Māori: Whakakitenga — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Navajo: yitʼíní ályaa — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Norwegian: Åpenbaring — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Polish: apokalipsa — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Portuguese: Apocalipse — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Romanian: apocalipsă — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Russian: апокали́псис (apokalípsis) — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Scots: Revelation — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Scottish Gaelic: Taisbeanadh — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Serbo-Croatian: Apokalipsa — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Serbo-Croatian: apokalipsa — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Slovak: Zjavenie — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Slovene: apokalipsa — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Spanish: Apocalipsis — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Swahili: Ufunuo — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Swedish: apokalyps — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Tagalog: Apokalipsis — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Waray-Waray: Ginpadayag — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Welsh: Datguddiad — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Zealandic: Openbaring — the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
• Afrikaans: Openbaring — book of the Bible
• Albanian: Apokalips — book of the Bible
• Arabic: رُؤْيَا (ruʔyā) — book of the Bible
• Arabic: كَشْف (kašf) — book of the Bible
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — book of the Bible
• Armenian: Հայտնություն (Haytnutʻyun) — book of the Bible
• Basque: Apokalipsi — book of the Bible
• Breton: Diskuliadur — book of the Bible
• Bulgarian: Апокалипсис (Apokalipsis) — book of the Bible
• Catalan: Apocalipsi — book of the Bible
• Cebuano: Pinadayag — book of the Bible
• Eastern Min Chinese: 啟示錄 /启示录 — book of the Bible
• Eastern Min Chinese: 默示錄 /默示录 (Kiē-sê Liŏh) — book of the Bible
• Eastern Min Chinese: 默示錄 /默示录 (Mĕk-sê Liŏh) — book of the Bible
• Chinese Mandarin: 啟示錄 /启示录 (Qǐshìlù) — book of the Bible
• Corsican: Apocàlisi — book of the Bible
• Czech: Zjevení — book of the Bible
• Danish: Åbenbaring — book of the Bible
• Dutch: Openbaring — book of the Bible
• Estonian: Johannese ilmutus — book of the Bible
• Faroese: Opinbering — book of the Bible
• Finnish: Johanneksen ilmestys — book of the Bible
• French: Apocalypse — book of the Bible
• West-Frisian: Iepenbiering — book of the Bible
• Galician: Apocalipse — book of the Bible
• German: Apokalypse — book of the Bible
• German: Offenbarung — book of the Bible
• Greek: Αποκάλυψη (Apokálypsi) — book of the Bible
• Ancient Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokálupsis) — book of the Bible
• Greenlandic: Johannesimut saqqummersitat — book of the Bible
• Hawaiian: Hoike ana — book of the Bible
• Hebrew: אפוקליפסה — book of the Bible
• Hebrew: חזון — book of the Bible
• Hungarian: A jelenések könyve — book of the Bible
• Icelandic: Opinberunarbókin — book of the Bible
• Ido: Apokalipso — book of the Bible
• Irish: Apacailipsis — book of the Bible
• Italian: Apocalisse — book of the Bible
• Japanese: 黙示録 (Mokushiroku) — book of the Bible
• Korean: 요한 묵시록 (yohan muksirok) — book of the Bible
• Korean: 요한 계시록 (yohan gyesirok) — book of the Bible
• Latin: Apocalypsis — book of the Bible
• Latvian: Atklāsmes — book of the Bible
• Limburgish: Revelatie — book of the Bible
• Lithuanian: Apreiškimas Jonui — book of the Bible
• Maltese: Apokalissi — book of the Bible
• Manx: Ashlish — book of the Bible
• Māori: Whakakitenga — book of the Bible
• Navajo: Yitʼíní ályaa — book of the Bible
• Norwegian: Åpenbaring — book of the Bible
• Polish: Apokalipsa — book of the Bible
• Portuguese: Apocalipse — book of the Bible
• Romanian: Apocalipsă — book of the Bible
• Russian: Апокали́псис (Apokalípsis) — book of the Bible
• Scots: Revelation — book of the Bible
• Scottish Gaelic: Taisbeanadh — book of the Bible
• Serbo-Croatian: Apokalipsa — book of the Bible
• Slovak: Zjavenie — book of the Bible
• Slovene: Apokalipsa — book of the Bible
• Spanish: Apocalipsis — book of the Bible
• Swahili: Ufunuo — book of the Bible
• Swedish: Uppenbarelseboken — book of the Bible
• Tagalog: Pahayag — book of the Bible
• Waray-Waray: Ginpadayag — book of the Bible
• Welsh: Datguddiad — book of the Bible
• Zealandic: Openbaring — book of the Bible
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — revealing or revelation
• Belarusian: апака́ліпсіс (apakálipsis) — revealing or revelation
• Belarusian: адкрыццё (adkryccjó) — revealing or revelation
• Bulgarian: апокали́псис (apokalípsis) — revealing or revelation
• Bulgarian: открове́ние (otkrovénie) — revealing or revelation
• Chinese Mandarin: 啟示 /启示 (qǐshì) — revealing or revelation
• Czech: apokalypsa — revealing or revelation
• Czech: zjevení — revealing or revelation
• Danish: apokalypse — revealing or revelation
• Danish: åbenbaring — revealing or revelation
• Estonian: ilmutus — revealing or revelation
• Finnish: ilmestys — revealing or revelation
• French: apocalypse — revealing or revelation
• Galician: apocalipse — revealing or revelation
• German: Apokalypse — revealing or revelation
• Greek: αποκάλυψη (apokálypsi) — revealing or revelation
• Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis) — revealing or revelation
• Hindi: कश्फ (kaśph) — revealing or revelation
• Hindi: कश्फ़ (kaśf) — revealing or revelation
• Hungarian: apokalipszis — revealing or revelation
• Indonesian: wahyu — revealing or revelation
• Japanese: 黙示 — revealing or revelation
• Korean: 묵시 (muksi) — revealing or revelation
• Latin: apocalypsis — revealing or revelation
• Macedonian: откровение (otkrovenie) — revealing or revelation
• Norwegian Bokmål: apokalypse — revealing or revelation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: apokalypse — revealing or revelation
• Polish: apokalipsa — revealing or revelation
• Polish: objawienie — revealing or revelation
• Portuguese: apocalipse — revealing or revelation
• Romanian: apocalipsă — revealing or revelation
• Russian: апока́липсис (apokálipsis) — revealing or revelation
• Russian: открове́ние (otkrovénije) — revealing or revelation
• Serbo-Croatian: апокалѝпса — revealing or revelation
• Serbo-Croatian: открове́ње — revealing or revelation
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏бјава — revealing or revelation
• Serbo-Croatian: apokalìpsa — revealing or revelation
• Serbo-Croatian: otkrovénje — revealing or revelation
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍbjava — revealing or revelation
• Slovak: apokalypsa — revealing or revelation
• Slovak: zjavenie — revealing or revelation
• Slovene: apokalipsa — revealing or revelation
• Slovene: razodetje — revealing or revelation
• Slovene: odkritje — revealing or revelation
• Tagalog: hulawat — revealing or revelation
• Ukrainian: апока́ліпсис (apokálipsys) — revealing or revelation
• Ukrainian: відкриття́ (vidkryttjá) — revealing or revelation
• Ukrainian: одкрове́ння (odkrovénnja) — revealing or revelation
• Urdu: کَشْف (kašf) — revealing or revelation
• Arabic: الْقِيَامَة (al-qiyāma) — end of the world
• Arabic: نِهَايَةُ الْعَالَم (nihāyatu l-ʕālam) — end of the world
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — end of the world
• Belarusian: апака́ліпсіс (apakálipsis) — end of the world
• Bulgarian: апокали́псис (apokalípsis) — end of the world
• Burmese: ကမ္ဘာပျက်ခြင်း (kambha-pyakhkrang:) — end of the world
• Catalan: apocalipsi — end of the world
• Chinese Mandarin: 世界末日 (shìjiè mòrì) — end of the world
• Czech: apokalypsa — end of the world
• Danish: apokalypse — end of the world
• Danish: dommedag — end of the world
• Estonian: apokalüpsis — end of the world
• Finnish: maailmanloppu — end of the world
• Finnish: apokalypsi — end of the world
• French: apocalypse — end of the world
• Galician: Apocalipse — end of the world
• German: Apokalypse — end of the world
• Hebrew: אחרית הימים (aḥarít hayamím) — end of the world
• Hebrew: אַפּוֹקַלִיפְּסָה (apokalípsa) — end of the world
• Hindi: संक्षय (saṅkṣay) — end of the world
• Hindi: क़यामत (qayāmat) — end of the world
• Hungarian: apokalipszis — end of the world
• Indonesian: kiamat — end of the world
• Irish: apacailipsis — end of the world
• Old Irish: abcolips — end of the world
• Italian: apocalisse — end of the world
• Kazakh: ақырзаман (aqyrzaman) — end of the world
• Kazakh: заманақыр (zamanaqyr) — end of the world
• Macedonian: апокали́пса (apokalípsa) — end of the world
• Macedonian: синдилија (sindilija) — end of the world
• Navajo: nihwiníyá — end of the world
• Navajo: łahgo náhodeesdzá — end of the world
• Norwegian Bokmål: apokalypse — end of the world
• Norwegian Bokmål: dommedag — end of the world
• Norwegian Nynorsk: apokalypse — end of the world
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dommedag — end of the world
• Norwegian Nynorsk: domedag — end of the world
• Persian: آخرالزمان (âxar-oz-zamân) — end of the world
• Persian: قیامت (qiyâmat) — end of the world
• Polish: apokalipsa — end of the world
• Portuguese: apocalipse — end of the world
• Russian: апока́липсис (apokálipsis) — end of the world
• Serbo-Croatian: апокалѝпса — end of the world
• Serbo-Croatian: открове́ње — end of the world
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏бјава — end of the world
• Serbo-Croatian: apokalìpsa — end of the world
• Serbo-Croatian: otkrovénje — end of the world
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍbjava — end of the world
• Slovak: apokalypsa — end of the world
• Spanish: apocalipsis — end of the world
• Swedish: apokalyps — end of the world
• Tagalog: hulawat — end of the world
• Turkish: kıyamet — end of the world
• Ukrainian: апока́ліпсис (apokálipsys) — end of the world
• Urdu: قیامت (qayāmat) — end of the world
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) — cataclysmic event
• Belarusian: апака́ліпсіс (apakálipsis) — cataclysmic event
• Bulgarian: апокали́псис (apokalípsis) — cataclysmic event
• Catalan: apocalipsi — cataclysmic event
• Chinese Mandarin: 災變 /灾变 (zāibiàn) — cataclysmic event
• Chinese Mandarin: 災難 /灾难 (zāinàn) — cataclysmic event
• Danish: apokalypse — cataclysmic event
• Danish: dommedag — cataclysmic event
• Estonian: apokalüpsis — cataclysmic event
• Finnish: maailmanloppu — cataclysmic event
• Finnish: tuomiopäivä — cataclysmic event
• Finnish: apokalypsi — cataclysmic event
• French: apocalypse — cataclysmic event
• Galician: apocalipse — cataclysmic event
• German: Apokalypse — cataclysmic event
• Hindi: संक्षय (saṅkṣay) — cataclysmic event
• Hungarian: apokalipszis — cataclysmic event
• Irish: apacailipsis — cataclysmic event
• Italian: apocalisse — cataclysmic event
• Macedonian: апокали́пса (apokalípsa) — cataclysmic event
• Norwegian Bokmål: apokalypse — cataclysmic event
• Norwegian Bokmål: dommedag — cataclysmic event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: apokalypse — cataclysmic event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dommedag — cataclysmic event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: domedag — cataclysmic event
• Polish: apokalipsa — cataclysmic event
• Portuguese: apocalipse — cataclysmic event
• Russian: апока́липсис (apokálipsis) — cataclysmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: апокалѝпса — cataclysmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: открове́ње — cataclysmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏бјава — cataclysmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: apokalìpsa — cataclysmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: otkrovénje — cataclysmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍbjava — cataclysmic event
• Swedish: domedag — cataclysmic event
• Tagalog: hulawat — cataclysmic event
• Ukrainian: апока́ліпсис (apokálipsys) — cataclysmic event