מָגוֹג
Mâgôwg · maw-gogue'
Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1463 (גּוֹג);
Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region
- Magog, a son of Japheth
- also, a barbarous northern region
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Magog.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › to carry, to lift up
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָגוֹג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and magog2 · 50%
- of magog1 · 25%
- on magog1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.