Hămôwn Gôwg — H1996

Definition

locative proper noun

the multitude of Gog; the fanciful name of an emblematic place in Palestine

1. Hamon-gog = "multitude of Gog"
2. the name to be given to a valley of graves; ravine or glen, now known as 'the ravine of the passengers', located on the east side of the Dead Sea

Usually translated as

Hamogog

Origin

from H1995 and H1463

• Derived from Hâmôwn (H1995)
• Derived from Gôwg (H1463)

Occurrences

Hămôwn Gôwg occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (2)

• Ezekiel 39:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog (גּֽוֹג).
• Ezekiel 39:15 — And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog (גּֽוֹג).