Hitchcock's Bible Names
Togarmahwhich is all bone
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Togarmaha son of Gomer, of the family of Japheth, and brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath. (Genesis 10:3) His descendants became a people engaged in agriculture, breeding horses and mules to be sold in Tyre. (Ezekiel 27:14) They were also a military people, well skilled in the use of arms. Togarmah was probably the ancient name of Armenia.
ATS Bible Dictionary
TogarmahA descendant of Japheth, Genesis 10:3, supposed to have given his name to the region of Asia afterwards called Armenia, Ezekiel 38:15,16. It was celebrated for its horses and mules; and the men of Togarmah, like the modern Armenians, were an industrious, peaceable, and trafficking people, Ezekiel 27:14.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
TOGARMAHto-gar'-ma (togharmah; Thorgama, Thergama, Thurgama, Thurgaba; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Thorgoma):
1. Its Forms: A Suggested Identification:
The 3rd son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, his brothers being Ashkenaz and Riphath (Genesis 10:3). The meaning of the name is doubtful. Grimm (Gesch. deutsch. Sprache, II, 325) suggests Sanskr. toka, "tribe," and arma = Armenia. Etymological and other difficulties stand in the way of French Delitzsch's identification of Togarmah with the Assyrian Til-garimmu, "hill of Garimmu," or, possibly, "of the bone-heap," a fortress of Melitene, on the borders of Tabal (Tubal).
2. Probably Armenia or a Tract Connected Therewith:
In Ezekiel 27:14 Togarmah is mentioned after Tubal, Javan and Mesech as supplying horses and mules to the Tyrians, and in 38:6 it is said to have supplied soldiers to the army of Gog (Gyges of Lydia). In the Assyrian inscriptions horses came from Kusu (neighborhood of Cappadocia), Andia and Mannu, to the North of Assyria. Both Kiepert and Dillmann regard Togarmah as having been Southeastern Armenia, and this is at present the general opinion. The ancient identification of their country with Togarmah by the Armenians, though correct, is probably due to the Septuagint transposition of "g" and "r" (Thorgama for Togarmah), which has caused them to see therein the name of Thorgom, father of Haik, the founder of their race (Moses of Khor, I, 4, secs. 9-11). Ezekiel 27:14 (Swete) alone has "g" before "r": Thaigrama. The name "Armenia" dates from the 5th century B.C.
See ARMENIA; TABLE OF NATIONS.
T. G. Pinches
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) A son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth (Genesis 10:3).
(2.) A nation which traded in horses and mules at the fairs of Tyre (Ezek. 27:14; 38:6); probably an Armenian or a Scythian race; descendants of (1).
Strong's Hebrew
8425. Togarmah -- a son of Gomer, also his desc. and their landTogarmah or
Togarmah. << 8424, 8425.
Togarmah or
Togarmah. 8426 >>. a son of
Gomer, also his desc. and their land. Transliteration:
Togarmah ... /hebrew/8425.htm - 6k 8426. todah -- thanksgiving
... 1), thank offering (2), thank offerings (4), thanksgiving (18). Togarmah.
From yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, ie (by ...
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1004. bayith -- a house
... root Definition a house NASB Word Usage armory* (1), beneath (1), Beth-ashbea*
(1), Beth-togarmah* (2), between* (2), boxes (1), buildings (2), daughter (1 ...
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