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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rosh
(Ezek. 38:2, 3; 39:1) is rendered chief" in the Authorized
Version. It is left untranslated as a proper name in the Revised
Version. Some have supposed that the Russians are here meant as
one of the three Scythian tribes of whom Magog was the prince.
They invaded the land of Judah in the days of Josiah. Herodotus,
the Greek historian, says: "For twenty-eight years the Scythians
ruled over Asia, and things were turned upside down by their
violence and contempt." (See {BETHSHEAN}.)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rosh, the head; top or beginning
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