Gog of the land of Magog

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Hebrew Bible character biblical prophetic figure eschatological enemy leader

Gog of the land of Magog is a prophetic figure in the Hebrew Bible depicted as a future enemy leader who will launch a climactic attack against Israel before being decisively defeated by God.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gog 6
Magog 6
Gog and Magog 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible character ⓘ
biblical prophetic figure ⓘ
eschatological enemy leader ⓘ
aftermath burial in the valley of Hamon-gog ⓘ
burning of weapons for seven years ⓘ
seven months of burying the dead ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
associatedWith Beth-togarmah ⓘ
Cush ⓘ
Gomer ⓘ
Gog of the land of Magog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Magog

Meshech ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Put ⓘ
Tubal ⓘ
end-time war ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ
part of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
defeatedBy God ⓘ
defeatedIn mountains of Israel ⓘ
describedAs prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal ⓘ
eschatologicalEvent final battle against Israel ⓘ
fate destroyed by divine intervention ⓘ
genreContext apocalyptic prophecy ⓘ
interpretedAs literal future ruler in some traditions ⓘ
symbolic figure in some traditions ⓘ
leads a vast army ⓘ
nations from the north ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
surface form: Ezekiel 38

Ezekiel 39 ⓘ
opposes YHWH ⓘ
surface form: God of Israel

Israel ⓘ
purposeInText to demonstrate God’s sovereignty over nations ⓘ
to display God’s holiness ⓘ
relatedConcept Gog of the land of Magog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gog and Magog
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInProphecy future invader of Israel ⓘ
leader of a coalition of nations ⓘ
sourceTextLanguage Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
symbolizes hostile nations ⓘ
ultimate enemies of God ⓘ
textualCategory prophetic literature ⓘ
theme divine judgment ⓘ
universal recognition of God ⓘ
vindication of Israel ⓘ
timeContext end-times ⓘ
latter days ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Ezekiel → hasKeyImage → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
Gog of the land of Magog → associatedWith → Gog of the land of Magog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magog
Gog of the land of Magog → relatedConcept → Gog of the land of Magog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog and Magog
The Cave → containsVerseAbout → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog and Magog
Dhul-Qarnayn → associatedWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog and Magog
Ezekiel 39 → containsProphecyAbout → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog
Ezekiel 39 → containsProphecyAbout → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magog
Meshech → appearsWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog
Meshech → appearsWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magog
Tubal → associatedWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog
Tubal → associatedWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magog
Tubal → relatedConcept → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog and Magog
Put → alliedWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog
Put → appearsInProphecyAgainst → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog
Beth-togarmah → associatedWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gog
Beth-togarmah → associatedWith → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magog
Japheth → parentOf → Gog of the land of Magog ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magog