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Gog

[ gog ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gog1

Ultimately from Hebrew Gōgh, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

Before the night clerk left us we were as dead to this world and its sorrows as Gog and Magog.

Skeat thinks the word gog is “of imitative origin,” but it is more likely that goggle was originally Gog oeuil or Gog Eye.

The Irish and Gaelic for Goggle-eyed is gogshuileach, which the authorities refer to gog, “to move slightly” and suil, “an eye”.

Chapters xxxviii and xxxix show the final enemies of Israel, Gog and Magog, and their complete overthrow.

The next chapter gives the prophecy of the judgment upon Gog in detail.

The previous two chapters dealt with the last invasion of the land of Israel and the complete overthrow of Gog and its hordes.

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