Magog in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.).
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