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Lexicon :: Strong's H7014 - qayin

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קַיִן
Transliteration
qayin
Pronunciation
kah'-yin
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Part of Speech
proper gentilic noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as קַיִן (H7013) (with a play upon the affinity to קָנָה (H7069))
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TWOT Reference: 2017,2016

Strong’s Definitions

קַיִן 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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H7014 in the following manner: Cain (17x), Kenite (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H7014 in the following manner: Cain (17x), Kenite (1x).
proper masculine noun

  1. Cain = "possession"

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

      proper gentilic noun

  2. Kenite = "smiths"

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קַיִן 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).
STRONGS H7014: Abbreviations
† II. קַ֫יִן proper name
1. of a people (see StaG i. 151 f. MeyEntstehung 115; compare Arabic proper name, of family bdb088313 Nabataean, Sinaitic proper name, masculine and feminine קינו; tribe of smiths?); — tribe of Mose's father-in-law Judges 4:11 (compare קֵינִי Judges 1:16), Καινα LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Κειν; akin to Midian (Numbers 10:29 P), settled among Amalekites in south of Canaan (see קֵינִי); prophesied against by Balaam Numbers 24:22 (קָ֑יִן; J E); — see also קֵינִי
2. location הַקַּ֫יִן in southern Judah (a settlement of II.ק׳ 1 ?); — Joshua 15:57, [Ζακαν]αειμ, A [Ζανω] Ακειμ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) [Ζανου] Ακεν; possibly= Yŭḳîn southeast from Hebron [RobBR ii.85] (see BuhlGeogr. 162 f. who, however, compare קִינָה Joshua 15:22).

† III. קַ֫יִן proper name, masculine Cain, Kain eldest son of Adam and Eve (explanation Genesis 4:1 from קָנָה acquire; but in fact = II. ק׳, as heros eponymos, according to Wecompare11 StaG 285 ff. BuUrg. 193 HolzGenesis 50f. especially StaZAW xiv (1894), 250 ff.; xv (1895), 157 ff., CheEncy. Bib. CAIN); — ק׳ Genesis 4:1, 2, 3, 5 (twice in verse); Genesis 4:8 (twice in verse); Genesis 4:9, 13, 15 (twice in verse); Genesis 4:16, 17, קָ֑יִן Genesis 4:6; Genesis 4:24; Genesis 4:25 (all J).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:1; 4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:5; 4:6; 4:8; 4:9; 4:13; 4:15; 4:16; 4:17; 4:24; 4:25

Numbers

10:29; 24:22

Joshua

15:22; 15:57

Judges

1:16; 4:11

H7014

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7014 matches the Hebrew קַיִן (qayin),
which occurs 18 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - Adam[fn] made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[fn] She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth[fn] a man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:6 - Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[fn] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:13 - Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - But the LORD said to him, “Not so[fn]; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:16 - So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,[fn] east of Eden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[fn] saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - yet you Kenites will be destroyed when Ashur takes you captive.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah and Timnah—ten towns and their villages.
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