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Hamon-gog

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1996

הֲמוֹן גּוֹג

ha.mon gog — Hamon-gog (Valley)

Hamon-gog = "multitude of Gog" 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 Combined with gay (גַּיְא " Valley" H1516N)

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Historical dictionary entry

Multitude of Gog, the name of the valley in which the slaughtered forces of Gog are to be buried (Ezek. 39:11, 15), “the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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