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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 →A crusher, Gomer’s second son (Gen. 10:3), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
