Every Name in Tanakh

אַשְׁכְּנַז Ashkenaz

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 378×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A Japhethite, also his descendants. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:6.

Genesis 10:3בראשית י:ג

וּבְנֵי גֹּמֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַז וְרִיפַת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

Jeremiah 51:27ירמיהו נא:כז

שְׂאוּ־נֵס בָּאָרֶץ תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגּוֹיִם קַדְּשׁוּ עָלֶיהָ גּוֹיִם הַשְׁמִיעוּ עָלֶיהָ מַמְלְכוֹת אֲרָרַט מִנִּי וְאַשְׁכְּנָז פִּקְדוּ עָלֶיהָ טִפְסָר הַֽעֲלוּ־סוּס כְּיֶלֶק סָמָֽר

Set ye up a standard in the land, Blow the horn 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.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Ashkenaz?

Ashkenaz — אשכנז in Hebrew — has a gematria of 378 in the standard method.

How many times is Ashkenaz named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at Genesis 10:3.

A spelling is not a name. The written word אשכנז stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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