Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
qayin kah'-yin The same as H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to H7069); Kajin , the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe: - Cain, Kenite (-s).
Derivation: the same as H7013 (קַיִן) (with a play upon the affinity to H7069 (קָנָה));
KJV Usage: Cain, Kenite(-s).
TWOT Reference: 2017,2016
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קַ֫יִן (qa.yin) — Kain.
§ Kenite = "smiths" n pr gent the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai
קַ֫יִן (qa.yin) — Cain. A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.1; son of: Adam (H0121) and Eve (H2332); brother of: Abel (H1893) and Seth (H8352); father of: Enoch (H2585) Also named: Kain (Κάϊν "Cain" G2535) § Cain = "possession" eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother
קַ֫יִן (qa.yin) — Kenite. Ancestors of Heber (H2268H) or Hobab (H2246), first mentioned at Gen.15.19 Group of qe.ni (קֵינִי "Kenite" H7017) § Cain = "possession" eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Weapons
point of spear, spearhead = a piece of metal, sharpened to a point, usually made out of iron or bronze, attached to the end of the spear
name · קֵינִי
Names of People
Cain = man; ◄ first son of Adam and Eve; ► possible ancestor of the Kenites
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Names of Groups | ≈ קֵינִי
Kenite = ethnic group; ◄ possibly descendants of Cain; ► ally of Israel; associated with Moses' father-in-law
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קַ֫יִן n.pr. gent. tribe of Moses’ father-in-law
loc. in S. Judah
base
קַ֫יִן n.pr.m. Cain, eldest son of Adam and Eve base