Gog and Magog

From the book of Ezekiel^[1] and the book of Revelation; see quotation below. Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (gôḡ) and מָגוֹג (māḡôḡ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒɡ ənd ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/^[2]

Gog and Magog

1. Gog, a prince who attacks Israel in the book of Ezekiel, and the nation he leads, Magog.
2. Kings or nations prophesied in the book of Revelations to battle the Christian Church.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Revelation xx:[7–8], folio cccxl, verso:

     And when the M. yere are expiered / Satan ſhalbe lowſed out off hys pꝛeſon / and ſhall goo oute to deceave the people which are in the foure quarters off the erth gog and Magog / to gadder them to gedder to battayle whoſe nombꝛe is as the ſonde off the ſee: […]

   • 2022 February 28, Roger Barrier, “Who are Gog and Magog today?”, in Crosswalk‎^[1]:

     When we’re talking about “Gog and Magog” we’re talking about a leader in the land of Russia. Note that 500 years from now, if Christ delays, “Gog and Magog” from the North (Russia) will have another name that fits another time.