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  Region of Gog, the second of the "sons" of [[Japheth (EBD)|Japheth]] (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). In [[Ezekiel, Book of (EBD)|Ezekiel ]] (38:2; 39:6) it is the name of a nation, probably some Scythian or Tartar tribe descended from Japheth. They are described as skilled horsemen, and expert in the use of the bow. The Latin father [[Jerome ]] says that this word denotes "Scythian nations, fierce and innumerable, who live beyond the Caucasus and the Lake Maeotis, and near the Caspian Sea, and spread out even onward to [[India]]." Perhaps the name "represents the Assyrian Mat Gugi, or `country of Gugu,' the Gyges of the Greeks" (Sayce's Races, etc.).