A descendant of Japheth, Ge 10:3, supposed to have given his name to the region of Asia afterwards called Armenia, Eze 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, Eze 27:14.

(1.) A son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth (Ge 10:3).

(2.) A nation which traded in horses and mules at the fairs of Tyre (Eze 27:14; 38:6); probably an Armenian or a Scythian race; descendants of (1).

Son of Gomer, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath (Ge 10:8). Corresponding to Armenia. From toka, Sanskrit for "tribe" or "race," and Armah (Armenia). The Armenians represent Haik to be their founder and son of Thorgau (Moses Choren. 1:4; 9-11). The Phrygians, the race that overspread Asia Minor, probably migrated from Armenia, their language resembled the Armenian (Eudoxus, in Steph. Byz. on Armenia). The Phrygian is Indo-Germanic, as inscriptions prove, and resembled Greek (Plato, Cratyl.). In Eze 27:14 Togarmah appears trading with Tyre for horses and mules; so Strabo (xi. 13, section 9) makes Armenia famous for breeding horses. In Eze 38:6, Togarmah comes with Comer from the N. against Palestine; this and Ge 10:3 imply Togarmah's connection with the Japhetic races, which modern research confirms as to Armenia. The Armenian connection with the Celts (Comer, i.e. the Cimbri, Cimmerians, Crimea, Cymry), implied in Togarmah being Gomer's son, is not unlikely. The Imperial Dictionary makes Togarmah to mean the Turkomans who have always joined the Turks, i.e. Gog (Eze 38:1-6) or the king of the N. (Da 11:40); Bochart makes Goghasan the original form, among the Colchians, Armenians, and Chaldaeans, for which the Greeks gave Caucasus.

The third son of Gomer, his brothers being Ashkenaz and Riphath (Ge 10:3). In Ezekiel mention is made of 'the house of Togarmah,' the members of which traded for the wares of Tyre with horses and mules. Fried. Delitzsch suggests that Togarmah is the Til-garimmu of the Assyrian inscriptions, described by Sargon of Assyria as the capital of Melitene, which he captured and re-colonized. Sennacherib, who again captured Til-garimmu and destroyed it, speaks of it as being on the borders of Tabal (Tubal [see Meshech]). The difference in the first element (t

Togar'mah

Son of Gomer, a son of Japheth, whose descendants probably settled in Armenia. Ge 10:3; 1Ch 1:6; Eze 27:14; 38:6.

Togar'mah,

a son of Gomer, of the family of Japheth, and brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath.

Ge 10:3

His descendants became a people engaged in agriculture, breeding horses and mules to be sold in Tyre.

Eze 27:14

They were also a military people, well skilled in the use of arms. Togarmah was probably the ancient name of Armenia.

TOGARMAH, the third son of Gomer, Ge 10:4. The learned are divided as to what country he peopled. Josephus and St. Jerom were of opinion, that Togarmah was the father of the Phrygians: Eusebius, Theodoret, and Isidorus of Seville, that he peopled Armenia: the Chaldee and the Talmudists are for Germany. Several moderns believe that the children of Togarmah peopled Turcomania in Tartary and Scythia. Bochart is for Cappadocia: he builds upon what is said in Eze 27:14, "They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs," that is, at Tyre, "with horses and horsemen and mules." He proves that Cappadocia was famous for its excellent horses and its asses. He observes also, that certain Gauls, under the conduct of Trocmus, made a settlement at Cappadocia, and were called Trocmi, or Throgmi. The opinion, says Calmet, which places Togarmah in Scythia and Turcomania, seems to stand upon the best foundation.