Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
a) Four beings in 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each riding a different-colored horse representing a different aspect of the Apocalypse.

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

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

[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


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  • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Four Horse|men of the A|poc|a|lypse, the in the Bible, four men who ride horses and represent the four things that cause people the greatest pain and suffering, namely war, ↑famine (=lack of food) , death, and ↑pestilence (=serious disease) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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