Γώγ G1136
Gog, symbolic name for God's enemies
A name from Ezekiel's prophecy representing hostile nations that oppose God's people at the end of the age. Revelation 20:8 pairs Gog with Magog, using these names symbolically for the nations Satan deceives into attacking the saints after his final release from bondage. The name carries associations with massive end-times rebellion against God, drawing on Old Testament imagery to describe eschatological conflict.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Identifies the symbolic leader or representative of end-times enemies of God. The Hebrew origin (גּוֹג) from Ezekiel 38-39 provides the background. In Revelation 20:8, John borrows this prophetic name to describe the final rebellion of deceived nations gathered from earth's four corners, using Ezekiel's vision of northern invaders as a template for the ultimate satanic assault on God's people before their final deliverance and Satan's eternal defeat. 1×
AR["جوجَ"]·ben["গোগ"]·DE["Gog"]·EN["Gōg"]·FR["Gog"]·heb["גּוֹג"]·HI["गोग"]·ID["Gog"]·IT["gōg"]·jav["Gog"]·KO["곡과"]·PT["Gogue"]·RU["Гога"]·ES["Gṓg"]·SW["Gogu"]·TR["Gog"]·urd["جوج"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Γώγ, ὁ (Heb. גּוֹג), indecl., Gog, assoc. with Magog (q.v): Rev.20:8.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)