Question: What is the origin of the name “Magog”? Is it named after the Biblical figure, Magog from the book of Ezekiel?
Google: The form "Gog and Magog" may have emerged as shorthand for "Gog and/of the land of Magog", based on their usage in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament; Ezekiel 38.
What is the meaning of Magog?
The origin of the term is not clear, this name indicates either a person, or a tribe, or a geographical reality (country or city). In the book of Ezekiel, the pagan Magog people live "north of the World", and metaphorically represent the forces of Evil, which associates it with Apocalyptic traditions.
Josephus refers to Magog son of Japheth as progenitor of Scythians, or peoples north of the Black Sea.[2] According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia.[3] An alternate identification derived from an examination of the order in which tribal names are listed in Ezekiel 38, "would place Magog between Cappadocia and Media."[4] According to Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (19th century) Magog refers to the Mongols. He cites an Arab writer who refers to the Great Wall of China with the name 'Magog'.[5]
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