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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַשְׁכְּנַז

אַשְׁכְּנַז

H813

Transliteration: ʼAshkᵉnaz

Pronunciation: ash-ken-az'

Definition: Ashkenaz


Original: אשׁכּנז

Transliteration: 'ashkenaz

Phonetic: ash-ken-az'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: of foreign origin

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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