H1463 H1463
Gog — proper name: (1) a Reubenite in 1 Chronicles; (2) the eschatological enemy from Magog in Ezekiel 38-39
Gog (גּוֹג) is a proper name with two referents. In 1 Chronicles 5:4, Gog appears as a descendant of Reuben in a genealogical list. Far more significantly, Ezekiel 38-39 portrays Gog of the land of Magog as a mighty eschatological adversary whom God summons from the remote north to attack a restored Israel, only to be catastrophically defeated by divine intervention — fire, hailstones, pestilence, and an earthquake. This Gog becomes the archetype of the final enemy of God's people, echoed in Revelation 20:8. The name's etymology is debated; some connect it to Gyges of Lydia (Akkadian Gugu). Spanish and English both transliterate as 'Gog.'
Senses
1. Gog — A proper name identifying: (a) a descendant of Reuben in the Chronicler's genealogy (1 Chr 5:4), and (b) the eschatological ruler 'of the land of Magog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal' (Ezek 38:2-3), who leads a vast coalition from the far north against restored Israel, only to be destroyed by God's direct intervention (Ezek 38:18-23; 39:1-15). The Ezekielian figure becomes paradigmatic for the final enemy of God's people, reappearing in Revelation 20:8. Some identify the name with Gyges of Lydia (7th c. BCE). Spanish 'Gog' and French 'Gog' preserve the form unchanged. 10×
AR["جوج","جُوجَ","لِجُوجَ","يَا-جُوجُ"]·ben["গোগ","গোগ।","গোগকে","গোগের"]·DE["Gog","zu-Gog"]·EN["Gog","to-Gog"]·FR["Gog","[גוג]","contre-Gog"]·heb["גוג","ל-גוג"]·HI["के-लिए-गोग","गोग","गोग-से"]·ID["Gog","kepada-Gog"]·IT["Gog","[גוג]","a-Gog"]·jav["Gog","dhateng-Gog"]·KO["곡","곡-에게","곡아","곡을","곡이"]·PT["Gog","Gogue","a-Gogue"]·RU["Гог","Гога","Гогу","к-Гогу"]·ES["Gog","Gog,","Gog.","a-Gog","a-Gog:"]·SW["Gogu"]·TR["Gog","Gog'a","Gog'u","Gog'un"]·urd["جوج","گوگ","گوگ-سے","گوگ-کو","گوگ-کے"]
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
† גּוֹג n.pr.m. (√ unknown)— 1. 1 Ch 5:4 a Reubenite. 2. Gog of the land of Magog, prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal, גּוֹג אֶרֶץ מָגוֹג נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל Ez 38:2, 3 (om. א׳ מָגוֹג) 39:1 (om. id.) cf. 38:14, 16 (del. 𝔊 𝔖 Co) v 18; 39:1, 11(×3) (גֵּיא הֲמוֹן ג׳) v 15 (id.); cf. Assyrian Gâgu, chief of a mountain tribe N. of Assyria DlPa 247 COT on Ez 38:2.