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Og
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons (Deut. 1:4), and whose kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh (Num. 21:32-35; Deut. 3:1-13). His bedstead (or rather sarcophagus) was of iron (or ironstone), 9 cubits in length and 4 cubits in breadth. His overthrow was afterwards celebrated in song (Ps. 135:11; 136:20). (See SIHON.)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(giant, literally long-necked), an Amoritish king of Bashan, whose rule extended over sixty cities. (Joshua 13:12) He was one of the last representatives of the giant race of Rephaim, and was, with his children and his people, defeated and exterminated by the Israelites at Edrei immediately after the conquest of Sihon. (Numbers 32:33; 3:1-13) Also (1:4; 4:47; 31:4; Joshua 2:10; 9:10; 13:12,30) The belief in Og’s enormous stature is corroborated by an allusion to his iron bedstead preserved in “Rabbath of the children of Ammon.” (3:11) (B.C. 1461.)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
OG (long-necked), a king of Bashan, of gigantic stature, Deut 3:11, who opposed the passage of the Israelites through his territories. Deut 3:1. He was defeated in a pitched battle in Edrei, and, together with his sons, was slain. Deut 1:4; Num 21:34. His sixty fenced and walled cities were distributed amongst the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Deut 3:3-4; Num 32:23. He was a giant. Josh 13:12, and his long iron bedstead was regarded as a curiosity, and was preserved as a memorial of his huge stature. Deut 3:11.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a cake; bread baked in ashes
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
OG (long-necked), a king of Bashan, of gigantic stature, Deut 3:11, who opposed the passage of the Israelites through his territories. Deut 3:1. He was defeated in a pitched battle in Edrei, and, together with his sons, was slain. Deut 1:4; Num 21:34. His sixty fenced and walled cities were distributed amongst the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Deut 3:3-4; Num 32:23. He was a giant. Josh 13:12, and his long iron bedstead was regarded as a curiosity, and was preserved as a memorial of his huge stature. Deut 3:11.