gog and magog

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   biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world

   “in the Book of Ezekiel Gog is a ruler from the land of Magog but in the Book of Revelation Gog and Magog are nations under the rule of Satan”

   Broadermythical being

Questions about gog and magog

What does gog and magog mean?

gog and magog means "biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world".

Is gog and magog a common word?

gog and magog is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.