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mā´gog (מגוג, maÌ„ghoÌ„gh; ΜαγωÌγ, MagoÌ„Ìg): Named among the sons of Japheth (; ). Ezekiel uses the word as equivalent to “land of Gog†(; ). Josephus identifies the Magogites with the Scythians (Ant., I, vi, 1). From a resemblance between the names Gog and Gyges (Gugu), king of Lydia, some have suggested that Magog is Lydia; others, however, urge that Magog is probably only a variant of Gog (Sayce in HDB). In the Apocalypse of John, Gog and Magog represent all the heathen opponents of Messiah (), and in this sense these names frequently recur in Jewish apocalyptic literature.