ʼAshkᵉnaz — H813

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants

1. Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered"
2. a descendant of Japheth
3. a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia

Usually translated as

Ashkenaz

Origin

of foreign origin

Occurrences

ʼAshkᵉnaz occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Genesis 10:3 — And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz (אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז), and Riphath, and Togarmah.
• 1 Chronicles 1:6 — And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz (אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז), 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 (וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז); appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.