All 4 Uses of
apocalypse
in
War and Peace
- In chapter 13, verse 18, of the Apocalypse, it is said: Here is wisdom.†
Chpt 9 *
- The French alphabet, written out with the same numerical values as the Hebrew, in which the first nine letters denote units and the others tens, will have the following significance: a b c d e f g h i k 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 l m n o p q r s 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 t u v w x y 100 110 120 130 140 150 z 160 Writing the words L'Empereur Napoleon in numbers, it appears that the sum of them is 666, and that Napoleon was therefore the beast foretold in the Apocalypse.†
Chpt 9
- How, or by what means, he was connected with the great event foretold in the Apocalypse he did not know, but he did not doubt that connection for a moment.†
Chpt 9
- His intention of killing Napoleon and his calculations of the cabalistic number of the beast of the Apocalypse now seemed to him meaningless and even ridiculous.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(apocalypse) an event involving terrible destruction; or (especially when capitalized) the end of the world as we know it (as prophesized in the Christian book of Revelation)