noun · masculine
magōg
GreekΜαγώγ (magōg)
Strong’sG3098
Magog
stem magōg-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Μαγώγ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. מָגוֹג, Ge 10:2, Ex 38:2, al.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3098 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmag-ogue'
Magog, a foreign nation, i.e. (figuratively) an Antichristian party
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesMagog.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | magōg | magōg |
| object accusative | magōg1×Μαγώγ | magōg |
| direct address vocative | magōg | magōg |
| of, belonging to genitive | magōg | magōg |
| to, for dative | magōg | magōg |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
magōg“Magog”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 20:8“Magog”kai exercheti planara teim ethneim teim en tai tessares gōniai tau gēau, ton Gōg kai Magōg, sunagara autoin eis ton polemon, hoiu tos arithmos autoiu hōs tas ammas tau thalassau.and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.