Lexical Summary Gōg: Gog, associated with Magog Original Word: ΓώγTransliteration: Gōg Phonetic Spelling: (gogue) Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Gog, associated with Magog Meaning: Gog -- associated with Magog Strong's Concordance Gog. Of Hebrew origin (Gowg); Gog, a symbolic name for some future Antichrist -- Gog. see HEBREW Gowg Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1136: ΓώγΓώγ, ὁ (גּוג), indeclinable proper name, Gog, king of the land of Magog (which see in BB. DD.), who it is said in Ezekiel 38f will come from the remote north, with innumerable hosts of his own nation as well as of allies, and will attack the people of Israel, re-established after the exile; but by divine interposition he will be utterly destroyed. Hence, in Revelation 20:8f ὁ Γώγ and ὁ Μαγώγ are used collectively to designate the nations that at the close of the millennial reign, instigated by Satan, will break forth from the four quarters of the earth against the Messiah's kingdom, but will be destroyed by fire from heaven. |
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