Magog
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras....
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And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four
quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together
to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea....
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Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,...
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Magog, Hebrew מגוג, Greek Μαγωγ, [ ma'gog ], is the second of
the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in
Genesis 10. It may represent Hebrew for "from Gog", though
this is far from certain.
Magog is often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly
in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which mentions "Gog of
the land of M...
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ma'-gog (maghogh; Magog): Named among the sons of Japheth (Gen
10:2; 1 Ch 1:5). Ezekiel uses the word as equivalent to "land
of Gog" (Ezek 38:2; 39:6). Josephus identifies the Magogites
with the Scythians (Ant., I, vi, 1). From a resemblance
between the names Gog and Gyges (Gugu), king of Lydia, some
have suggested that Magog is Lydia; others,...
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-Son of Japheth
Ge 10:2; 1Ch 1:5
-Prophecy concerning
Eze 38:2; 39:6
-Symbolical of the enemies of God
Re 20:8...
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(region of Gog). In Ge 10:2 Magog appears as the second son of
Japheth; in Eze 38:2; 39:1,6 it appears as a country or people
of which Gog was the prince. The notices of Magog would lead
us to fix a northern locality: it is expressly stated by
Ezekiel that "he was to come up from the sides of the north,"
Eze 39:2 from a country adjacent to tha...
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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, fier...
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Genesis 10:2; Ezekiel 38-39. A race, like Gomer (the
Cimmerians), dwelling in the N. country. Its weapon was the
bow, its warriors were all horsemen. Probably the European
Scythians, dominant in the region between the Caucasus and
Mesopotamia for 30 years from 630 to 600 B.C., who were
famous for the bow and fought almost wholly on horseback. ...
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