ash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs in Ge 10:3; 1Ch 16:1-43, in the list of the sons of Japheth as a son of Gomer. See TABLE OF NATIONS. It occurs also in Jer 51:27 (the King James Version "Ashchenaz") in connection with the kingdoms of Ararat and Minni, which suggests a location about Armenia.