Gog en · PROPN · etymology 1
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).
Meanings
- Gog and Magog, a figure (or two figures) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and variously identified by later writers with Satan or certain hostile nations. (See Revelation 20:8.)
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(obsolete) Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread...
By gogs bloud my maiſters, we will not put vp this ſo quietly, […]
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I: