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Ashkenaz; Ashchenaz

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(fire that spreads). A grandson of Japhet (Gen. 10:3³And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (Genesis 10:3)). Ashchenaz (1 Chron. 1:6⁶And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (1 Chronicles 1:6); Jer. 51:27²⁷Set ye 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 Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. (Jeremiah 51:27)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Gomer, the son of Japheth, and his descendants, who settled in the vicinity of Armenia (Gen. 10:3³And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (Genesis 10:3); 1 Chron. 1:6⁶And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (1 Chronicles 1:6); Jer. 51:27²⁷Set ye 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 Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. (Jeremiah 51:27)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered