Easton's Bible Dictionary One of the three sons of Gomer (Genesis 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 (Jeremiah 51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ASHKENAZ ash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs in Genesis 10:3 1 Chronicles 16, in the list of the sons of Japheth as a son of Gomer. See TABLE OF NATIONS. It occurs also in Jeremiah 51:27 (the King James Version "Ashchenaz") in connection with the kingdoms of Ararat and Minni, which suggests a location about Armenia.

Multi-Version Concordance Ashkenaz (3 Occurrences) Genesis 10:3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 1:6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV) 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. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS NIV)