Lexical Summary Magog: perhaps "land of Gog", a son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land Original Word: מָגוֹגTransliteration: Magog Phonetic Spelling: (maw-gogue') Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: perhaps "land of Gog", a son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land Meaning: Magog -- perhaps "land of Gog", a son of Japheth, also his descendants and their land Strong's Concordance Magog From Gowg; Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region -- Magog. see HEBREW Gowg Brown-Driver-Briggs H4031. Magog מָגוֺג proper name, of a territory (= land of Gog? compare DlPa 246 LenOr ii. 1, 465) — Ezekiel 38:2; 39:6; in Genesis 10:2 = 1 Chronicles 1:5 a son of Japhet, וְתִירָס וּמֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל וְיָוָן וּמָדַי וּמָגוֺג גֹּמֶר יֶפֶת בְּנֵי; = Scythians? compare JosAnt. i. 6. 1; LagGes. Abh. 158 refers name to mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media; compare Di Genesis 10:2, KiepMBAk Feb. 1889, 207 (North & East Armenia), Len (Southeast Armenia), see especially LenOr ii. 1, 412-476. |
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