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Strong H8132 sensesאַשְׁכְּנַז

Ashkenaz

Transliteration
'ashkenaz
Pronunciation
ash-ken-az'

Meaning of the name

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

The 2 senses of Strong H813

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H813 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Grandson of Japheth, son of GomerH813G2 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
  2. A kingdom summoned to battle against Babylon.H813H1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

Of foreign origin;
{Ashkenaz} a {Japhethite} also his descendants: - Ashkenaz.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ashchenaz2
  • ashkenaz1

First verses

  1. Genesis 10:3
    And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:6
    And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
  3. 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; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.