Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #813 - אַשְׁכְּנַז Ashkenaz (a son of Gomer)

Original Word:	אַשְׁכְּנַז
Transliteration:	Ashkenaz
Definition:	a son of Gomer, also his desc. and their land
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ash-ken-az')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ashkenaz

Of foreign origin; Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants -- Ashkenaz.

Englishman's Concordance

Ashkenaz=“a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered”
1) a descendant of Japheth
2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign origin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אַשְׁכְּנַזproper name, masculine 1.a descendant of JaphetGenesis 10:3=1 Chronicles 1:6;=

2a northern peopleJeremiah 51:27מַמְלְכוֺת אֲרָרָט מִנִּי וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז (perhaps a people Bithynia,=Ascan(ians) + az ending of Armen. patronymics, see especially Len^{Or. ii. 388 f.}, also Lag^{Ges, Abhandl. 254 f.} Di Genesis 10:3; but see Lag^{Armen. Stud. 143}).

אֶשְׁכָּר see II. שׁכר.

אשׁל (be firm, firmly rooted, compare Arabic be firm).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 813. Ashkenaz — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 10:3
HEB:וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְרִיפַ֖ת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה׃
NAS: of Gomer [were] Ashkenaz and Riphath
KJV: of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath,
INT: the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah

1 Chronicles 1:6
HEB:וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְדִיפַ֖ת וְתוֹגַרְמָֽה׃
NAS: of Gomer [were] Ashkenaz, Diphath,
KJV: of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath,
INT: the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah

Jeremiah 51:27
HEB:אֲרָרַ֖ט מִנִּ֣י וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז פִּקְד֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙
NAS: Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint
KJV: Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint
INT: of Ararat Minni and Ashkenaz Appoint against

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