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māgōg מָגוֹג ‘Magog’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gōg גּוֹג ‘Gog’
Roots: גוג

māgōg pr n m pers + pr n loc
Magog = "land of Gog"
n pr m
1) the 2nd son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of several tribes northward from Israel
n pr loc
2) the mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media and habitation of the descendants of Magog, son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

Mentioned in Genesis 10:2 Ezekiel 38:2, 39:6 1 Chronicles 1:5

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