HebrewH0813Proper Noun (Masculine)
אַשְׁכְּנַז
ash.ke.naz
“Ashkenaz”
3Occurrences
H0813Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants
of foreign origin;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אַשְׁכְּנַז appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Jeremiah
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 1:6BSB
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Genesis 10:3BSB
The sons of Gomer:Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Jeremiah 51:27BSB
“Raise a banner in the land!Blow the ram’s horn among the nations!Prepare the nations against her.Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.Appoint a captain against her;bring up horses like swarming locusts.
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