Kain
קַ֫יִןStrong’s H7014qayin (qa-yin)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qayin is the Hebrew word usually translated “cain”, “kenite” and “kain”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.”
Meaning
- § Kenite = "smiths"
- A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.1
How it's translated
- cain 13
- and cain 1
- to cain 1
- for cain 1
- kenite 1
- kain 1
- from kenite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 13
- Numbers 1
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 4:3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
- Genesis 4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 4:6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- Genesis 4:8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- Genesis 4:9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Hebrew dictionary
קַ֫יִן qayin · 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 qayin · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.