Lexical Definition

‎גּוֹג‎ Gôwg (gohg) Gog ^N:N-M-P
of uncertain derivation

Gog.

• § Gog = "mountain"
• Gog, the name of an Israelite, also of some nothern nation

1) a Reubenite, son of Shemaiah
2) the prophetic prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and Magog

See Greek: Γώγ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גּוֺג‎ proper name, masculine (√ unknown) —

1. 1Chr 5:4 a Reubenite.

2. Gog of the land of Magog, prince of Rosh, Meshak, and Tubal, ‎גּוֺג אֶרֶץ מָגוֺג נְשִׂיא‎ ‎ראֹשׁ מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל‎ Ezek 38:2; Ezek 38:3 (omit ‎מגוֺג‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎) Ezek 39:1 (omit id.) compare Ezek 38:14; Ezek 38:16 (strike out ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co) vEzek 38:18; Ezek 39:1; Ezek 39:11 (3 t. in verse) (‎׳‎‎גֵּיא הֲמוֺן ג‎) vEzek 39:15 (id.); compare Assyrian Gâgu, chief of a mountain tribe north of Assyria Dl^{Pa 247} COT on Ezek 38:2.

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