Bible Dictionaries
Magog
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Region of Gog, the second of the "sons" of Japheth (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5 ). In (Ezekiel 38:2; 39:6 ) it is the name of a nation, probably some Scythian or Tartar tribe descended from Japheth. They are described as skilled horsemen, and expert in the use of the bow. The Latin father Jerome says that this word denotes "Scythian nations, fierce and innumerable, who live beyond the Caucasus and the Lake Maeotis, and near the Caspian Sea, and spread out even onward to India." Perhaps the name "represents the Assyrian Mat Gugi, or 'country of Gugu,' the Gyges of the Greeks" (Sayce's Races, etc.). Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Magog'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/magog.html. 1897.