Gog and Magog
Americannoun
noun
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Old Testament a hostile prince and the land from which he comes to attack Israel (Ezekiel 38)
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New Testament two kings, who are to attack the Church in a climactic battle, but are then to be destroyed by God (Revelation 20:8–10)
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folklore two giants, the only survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus, the legendary founder of Britain
Etymology
Origin of Gog and Magog
Gog ( def. ) + Hebrew Māghōgh “land of Gog ”
Example Sentences
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Goliath who, says the author, "was probably ten feet high," gets only a paragraph for all his bulk, nor do Og, Gog and Magog, those hairy monsters, rate more.
From Time Magazine Archive
His eyes rested on the empty space in the 15th Century Guildhall where twin statues of Gog and Magog* stood glaring at each other until German bombs destroyed them in December 1940.
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I think there is room for both Gog and Magog.
From Time Magazine Archive
Speculation suggests that in Gog and Magog he is trying to make explicit the evil and good in man, a Manichaean notion that influenced Robert Louis Stevenson in writing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
From Time Magazine Archive
"For seven hours they were kept within Guildhall, where they seem to have been considered as much removed from the necessities of the flesh as Gog and Magog above their heads."
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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