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Ashkenaz

Ashkenaz ash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs in Gen 10:3, Gen 10:1, in the list of the sons of Japheth as a son of Gomer. See TABLE OF NATIONS. It occurs also in Jer 51:27 (the King James Version "Ashchen...

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Ashkenaz ash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs in Gen 10:3, Gen 10:1, in the list of the sons of Japheth as a son of Gomer. See TABLE OF NATIONS. It occurs also in Jer 51:27 (the King James Version "Ashchenaz") in connection with the kingdoms of Ararat and Minni, which suggests a location about Armenia.

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