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Kenite

קַ֫יִןStrong’s H7017

qayin (qa-yin)

Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qayin is the Hebrew word usually translated “kenite” and “kenites”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.

“The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,”
Genesis 15:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. Ancestors of Heber (H2268H) or Hobab (H2246), first mentioned at Gen.15.19
How it's translated
  • the kenite 9
  • kenite 2
  • the kenites 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 4
  • 1 Samuel 3
  • Genesis 1
  • Numbers 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

קַ֫יִן qayin · 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

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.