Revelation 20:8
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
כָּנָף
kânâph
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
גּוֹג
Gôwg
Gog, the name of an Israelite, also of some nothern nation
מָגוֹג
Mâgôwg
Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
מִסְפָּר
miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
חוֹל
chôwl
sand (as round or whirling particles)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּנָף kânâph
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
Study H3671 →נָשָׁא nâshâʼ
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
Study H5377 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →מִסְפָּר miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Study H4557 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loose...
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mu...
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came...
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
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