Dict: easton - Ashkenaz

easton:

Ashkenaz @ one of the three sons of Gomer kjv@Genesis: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 kjv@Jeremiah:51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine.