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magog

magog


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  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.). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Magog,  covering;  roof;  dissolving 
  Magor-missabib;  fear  on  every  side