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Ashkenaz
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants
Derivation: of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Ashkenaz.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אַשְׁכְּנַז (ash.ke.naz) — 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
אַשְׁכְּנַז (ash.ke.naz) — Ashkenaz.
§ Ashchenaz or Ashkenaz = "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered" a descendant of Japheth 2) a northern people, perhaps of Bithynia
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of People
Ashkenaz = man; ◄ son of Gomer; descendant of Japheth; ► considered the founder of a nation with the same name
Names of Groups
Ashkenaz = a nation, probably to be identified with the Scythians; ◄ located in area between Black Sea and Caspian sea; considered descendants of a person with the same name; ► called in a prophecy to punish Babylon
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַשְׁכְּנַז n.pr.m. a descendant of Japhet
a northern people
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