BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H813
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
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1586
go.mer — Gomer
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Ashkenaz (H0813), Riphath (H7384A) and Togarmah (H8425) § Gomer = "complete" 1) the eldest son of Japheth and grandson of Noah; the progenitor of the early Cimmerians and other branches of the Celtic family 2) the unfaithful wife of the prophet Hosea; Hosea's relationship with her was symbolic of God's relationship with wayward Israel
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7384
di.phat — Riphath
A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.3; son of: Gomer (H1586); brother of: Ashkenaz (H0813) and Togarmah (H8425) Also named: ri.phat (רִיפַת "Riphath" H7384B) § Riphath = "spoken" the 2nd son of Gomer
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8425
to.gar.mah — Togarmah
A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.3; son of: Gomer (H1586); brother of: Ashkenaz (H0813) and Riphath (H7384A) § Togarmah = "thou wilt break her" 1) son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth, and great grandson of Noah n pr terr 2) territory settled by the descendants of Togarmah 2a) probably the area known as Armenia
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
