Blue Letter Bible

קַיִן

Transliteration Qayin		Pronunciation kah'·yin (Key)
Part of Speech proper gentilic noun		Root Word (Etymology) The same as קַיִן (H7013) (with a play upon the affinity to קָנָה (H7069))
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n pr m

Cain = "possession"

1) eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel

n pr gent

Kenite = "smiths"

2) 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

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Strong's Number H7014 matches the Hebrew קין (Qayin), which occurs 18 times in 15 verses in the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
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Gen 4:1	And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Gen 4:2	And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:3	And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Gen 4:5	But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6	And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Gen 4:8	And 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.
Gen 4:9	And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?
Gen 4:13	And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
Gen 4:15	And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Gen 4:16	And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Gen 4:17	And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Gen 4:24	If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Gen 4:25	And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Num 24:22	Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
Jos 15:57	Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

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