Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
One of the three sons of Gomer (Gen. 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 (Jer. 51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(spreading fire), one of the three sons of Gomer, son of Japhet. (Genesis 10:3) We may probably recognize the tribe of Ashkenaz on the northern shore of Asia Minor in the name of Lake Ascanius, and in Europe in the name Scandia, Scandinavia . Knobel considers that Ashkenaz is to be identified with the German race.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
ASH'KENAZ (strong, fortified), a district probably in Armenia, the home of a tribe of the same name. In 1 Chr 1:6; Jer 51:27 it is called Ashchenaz. See Armenia.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ASH'KENAZ. Gen 10:3. Son of Gomer, of the family of Japhet, and the probable ancestor of those who inhabited the country of the same name, Jer 51:27, lying along the eastern and south-eastern shore of the Black Sea. The precise district is unknown. See Minni.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
a fire that spreads