Magog

Region of Gog, the second of the “sons” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). In Ezekiel (38:2; 39:6) it is the name of a nation, probably some Scythian or Tartar tribe descended from Japheth. They are described as skilled horsemen, and expert in the use of the bow. The Latin father Jerome says that this word denotes “Scythian nations, fierce and innumerable, who live beyond the Caucasus and the Lake Maeotis, and near the Caspian Sea, and spread out even onward to India.” Perhaps the name “represents the Assyrian Mat Gugi, or ‘country of Gugu,’ the Gyges of the Greeks” (Sayce’s Races, etc.).

Recorded scripture occurrences (3)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: EZK 38:2

OET-RV EZE 38:2

2 “Son of humanity, look toward the land of Magog where King Gog is the main leader of Meshek and Tuval, and prophesy against him.

OET-LV EZE 38:2

2 Oh _son _of humankind set face _of_your against Gōg the _land _of (the)_Māgōg the _prince _of the _head _of Meshek and_Tūⱱal and_prophesy on/upon/above_him/it.

Show passage in OET: EZK 39:6

OET-RV EZE 39:6

6 Then I’ll send fire out onto Magog and on those living in safety in the coastal regions, and then they’ll know that I am Yahweh.

OET-LV EZE 39:6

6 And_I _will _send fire on_Māgōg and_on_those _who_dwell _of the _islands to_security and_they _will _know if/because _that I am_YHWH.

Show passage in OET: REV 20:8

OET-RV REV 20:8

8 and he’ll go out to deceive the nations right around the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them together to battle. They’ll be too many to count like the sand on the beach.

OET-LV REV 20:8

8 and he _will _be _coming _out to _deceive the nations which in the four corners of _the earth, the Gōg/(Gōg) and Magōg/(Māgōg), to _gather _together them to the war, of _whom the number of _them is like the sand of _the sea.

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