Ashkenaz אַשְׁכְּנַז
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| אַשְׁכְּנַז | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ashkenaz |
| Strong's number | H813 (H0813G, H0813H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Ashkenaz |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Ashkenaz (Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז, Strong's H813) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Ashkenaz”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
H0813G: 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
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
H0813H: Ashkenaz
§ Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered"
a descendant of Japheth
2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
a descendant of Japheth
2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | ashchenaz (2), ashkenaz (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | ashkenaz (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Ashkenaz, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 10:3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Jeremiah
- 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.“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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).