Word Study · Strong's H813 · Hebrew
אַשְׁכְּנַז
Ashkenaz
ash-ken-az'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼAshkᵉnaz
“Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ashkenaz, a Japhethite, also his descendants
Rendered in the KJV as
Ashkenaz.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז2
- וְאַשְׁכְּנָ֑ז1
How it is rendered · 3
- [were] Ashkenaz1
- and Ashkenaz1
- Ashkenaz1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
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