Quick Definition
Ashkenaz
Biblical Persons & Places
Ashkenaz
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.3;
only referred to as Ashkenaz (אַשְׁכְּנַז);
son of Gomer;
a brother of Riphath and Togarmah.
Ashkenaz
Ashkenaz
A location in Assyria only mentioned at Jer.51.27;
only referred to as Ashkenaz (אַשְׁכְּנַז).
Strong's Definition
Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants
Derivation: of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Ashkenaz.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered"
1) a descendant of Japheth
2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַשְׁכְּנַז
ashkenaz
BDB Definition:
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/Strongs Number: of foreign origin
Total KJV Occurrences: 3