Ashkenaz
also AshchenazMale
One of the three sons of Gomer (Gen. 10:3), and founder of one of the tribes of the Japhetic race. They are mentioned in connection with Minni and Ararat, and hence their original seat must have been in Armenia (Jer. 51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine.
Relationships
Parents Gomer (son of Japheth)
Key verses
Jeremiah 51:27
Set 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 Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm.
Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
1 Chronicles 1:6
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.