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Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 

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Rosh
        

"Chief" (Ezekiel 38:2-3; Ezekiel 39:1). Rather, as not rosh but nasi is the head of a nomadic tribe (Genesis 23:6), "Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal," three great Scythian tribes of which gosh is the first. Rosh is the tribe N. of the Taurus range and near Rha or Volga which gives them their name; the earliest trace of the Russ nation. A Latin chronicle A.D. 839 (Bayer, Origines Russ., 1726, p. 409) is the first modern mention of this now mighty people. Tiras stands for Rosh with Meshech and Tubal (Genesis 10:2). Others state that the modern Russians have assumed their name from Rhos, the Araxes, though their proper ancient name was Slavi or Wends. Hengstenberg supports KJV: "Magog was Gog's original kingdom, though he acquired also Meshech and Tubal, so as to be called their 'chief prince.'"


Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Rosh' Fausset's Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.

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