Ashkenaz
אַשְׁכְּנַזStrong’s H0813ashkenaz (ash-ke-naz)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashkenaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “ashkenaz”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.”
Meaning
- A descendant of Japheth
- A northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
- A northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
How it's translated
- ashkenaz 2
- and ashkenaz 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 1:6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Hebrew dictionary
אַשְׁכְּנַז ashkenaz · Ashkenaz
A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.3; son of: Gomer (H1586); brother of: Riphath (H7384A) and Togarmah (H8425) § Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered" 1) a descendant of Japheth 2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
אַשְׁכְּנַז ashkenaz · Ashkenaz
§ Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered" a descendant of Japheth 2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.