מגוג

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ו־ג (g-w-g)

From גּוֹג (gog, “Gog”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈɡoɡ/

Proper noun

מָגוֹג • (magóg) m

1. (biblical) Magog (the second of the seven sons of Japheth)
2. (biblical) Magog (the name of a nation in the book of Ezekiel, which was led by Gog).

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Μαγώγ (Magṓg)
• → English: Magog
• → Latin: Magōg

References

• H4031 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible