Hebrew word · H813

אַשְׁכְּנַז

'ashkanaz

Ashkenaz

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 10:3 אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז [were] Ashkenaz

    The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:6 אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז Ashkenaz

    The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 51:27 וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז and Ashkenaz

    “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.

    Here: Most likely the Scythians (Assyrian Ashkuza/Ishkuza), mounted warriors from the steppe who were active in the same northern mountain region in the 7th century BC.

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