Gog and Magog

[ gog uhn mey-gog ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) two nations led by Satan in a climactic battle at Armageddon against the kingdom of God.

Gog and Magog

/ ɡɒɡ; ˈmeɪɡɒɡ /

noun

1. Old Testament a hostile prince and the land from which he comes to attack Israel (Ezekiel 38)
2. 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)
3. folklore two giants, the only survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus, the legendary founder of Britain

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gog and Magog¹

Gog ( def ) + Hebrew Māghōgh “land of Gog ”

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, he has suggested that the War of Gog and Magog, an apocalyptic battle prophesied in Ezekiel and Revelation, will involve Jordan, Russia and Iran.

From New York Times

Or the Hell: the Biblical characters Gog and Magog, Satan’s henchmen, hail from the Far North, and the underworld’s inner circle is not a fiery inferno but a frozen lake.

From The New Yorker

There is the wall that, in the Koran, the traveller Dhu’l-Qarneyn is divinely inspired to build, to contain Yajuj and Majuj, or Gog and Magog, those figures or forces of disorder and disbelief.

From The New Yorker

It is hard to imagine Tiny Tim exclaiming “God bless us everyone” after hearing my lesson on southern fried Gog and Magog.

From Time

The victims of this prevailing sin, which I saw in that dreary house, are passing through the field of memory, and they appear like the armies of Gog and Magog.

From Project Gutenberg