Original: קַיִן

Transliteration: Qayin

Phonetic: kah'-yin

Short Definition: Cain

Original: קין

Transliteration: qayin

Phonetic: kah'-yin

BDB Definition:

Kenite = "smiths"

1. eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel (noun proper masculine)
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 (noun proper gentilic)

Origin: the same as H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to H7069)

TWOT entry: 2017,2016

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H6969, H7013, H7015, H7016, H7017, H7018