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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And, of course, the Gog and Magog of modern medicine: stress and strain.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am so glad, my Lord Mayor, that you have decided to replace Gog and Magog.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Londoners recalled a famous Elizabethan prophecy that if Gog and Magog were ever destroyed, London's City would go too.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gog and Magog are generally understood as symbolical expressions for the heathen nations of Asia, more particularly the Scythians.
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. Whitney
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