Lexicon / H0813
אַשְׁכְּנַז
ash.ke.naz
  • Ashkenaz

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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

§ Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered"

a descendant of Japheth

2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Ashkenaz

אַשְׁכְּנַז n.pr.m a descendant of Japhet a northern people .