H813: אַשְׁכְּנַז
ʼAshkᵉnaz · pronounced ash-ken-az' · “Ashkenaz”
Definition
Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants
KJV translates it as: Ashkenaz.
Word origin: of foreign origin;
Extended definition
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
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H813 is translated
- ashkenaz ×2
- were ashkenaz ×1
Bible verses with H813 (ʼAshkᵉnaz)
ʼashkᵉnaz appears in 3 verses.
- Genesis 10:3
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:6
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Jeremiah 51:27
Set 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.