Location of Magog, Rosh, Meschech, etc.

Mike — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:09:26 +0000

The Hebrew word for chief is "Rosh". Just as in the English language a word can have multiple meanings, the Hebrew word Rosh has different meanings. One meaning for Rosh is: chief, head, captain. Another meaning of Rosh is the name of a foreign nation.

(The Interlinear Bible, Hebrew Greek and English, Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary)

The correct translation for these verses is as follows:

2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal:

(Ezekiel 38:2-3)

In the Septuagint (Greek) translation of the Bible, it describes ‘Gog’ as the ‘prince of Rosh.’ Rosh was the name of a tribe living in the area of the Volga. In some languages, Rosh is the word for the country of Russia. The ancient form of the name Russia, is ‘Ros.’ The Chinese had called the Scythians ‘Rosh.’ The King James version translated ‘Rosh’ to mean ‘chief prince’, because in Hebrew it means chief or head; but in the Septuagint version, ‘Rosh’ is used as a proper name, as it should be. The descendants of Meshech (known to the Assyrians as ‘Mushku’), settled in western Russia, where they established a city called Meshech, later known as Mosach, then Moscovi (Muscovy or Moscow), which is the capital of Russia.

Here are the modern nations accompanying these regions:

(The Harper Bible Atlas, p 92-93)

via LDSLastDays.com.

Ancient Nation	Modern Area
Magog	Russia (Mongols)
Rosh	Russia
Meschech	Moscow
Tubal	Tobolsk (an area in Russia)
Persia	Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
Gomer	Germany, Eastern Europe
Togarmah	Turkey, Southeastern Europe

Magog location

Mike — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:51:13 +0000

In subsequent verses Ezekiel mentions other nations such as Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, Togarmah and “many nations with you.” What are the regions Ezekiel has reference to in these verses? Prophecies often refer to latter-day peoples by indicating regions settled by the descendants of Noah. In the third chapter of Genesis, there is a list of the sons of Japheth, who was a son of Noah: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubul, Meshech, and Tiras, who repopulated the Earth after the Flood.Magog’s descendants settled in the area of Armenia, which is in southern Russia. This race came to be known as the Scythians, and were called ‘Magogites’ by the Greeks. The Chinese name for the Caucasus mountains running through Russia mean ‘Fort of Gog’, while the Russians call their peaks, the ‘Gogh.’ The Arabic term for the Great Wall of China is ‘the wall of Al Magog’, because it was erected with the intention of keeping out the armies of Magog. Their descendants include the Tarters, Cossacks, Kalmuks, and the Mongols. The Kesses HaSofer, a Jewish commentary, indicates that the word ‘Mongol’, which identifies the Siberian-Russian people, comes from the word ‘Magog.’

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Location of Magog, Rosh, Meschech, etc.

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