Kain of Judah
Kain of Judah (קַיִן, qayin). A city in the southern hill country of Judah (Josh 15:57). Mentioned in one of Balaam’s prophecies about Israel (Num 24:22).
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A city in the southern hill country of Judah (Josh 15:57). Mentioned in one of Balaam’s prophecies about Israel (Num 24:22).
Kain (Place)
KAIN (PLACE) [Heb qayin (קַיִן)]. Appears in the enumeration of cities in districts belonging to Judah (Josh 15:57). Its grouping with several other towns of fairly certain identification, namely Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah, leads to a plausible identification of Kain with en-Nebi Yaqin (M.R. 164100).
Cain (Place)
Cain (Place). kjv spelling of Kain, the name of a city in the southern hill country of Judah’s territory, in Joshua 15:57.See Kain (Place).
Kain
Kain kān [Heb. haqqayin—‘the Kenite, smith’ (?)]. A city in the southern hill country of Judah, in a grouping of “ten cities and their villages” that were part of the tribal allotment of Judah (Josh. 15:57). Included in the group are a number of places that can be located SE of Hebron (see Judah, Territory
Cain (Place)
CAIN* (Place) kjv spelling of Kain, the name of a city in the southern hill country of Judah’s territory, in Joshua 15:57. See Kain (Place).
Kain
Kain (kayn).1 Another name for the family group otherwise called Kenites (Num. 24:22).2 A city of Judah (Josh. 15:57), whose location may be modern Khirbet Yaqin, about seven miles southeast of Hebron, traditionally viewed as a Kenite city.
Cain
Cain (kayn; Heb., “metalworker,” although Gen. 4:1 connects it with a verb meaning “to acquire” or “create”).1 Adam and Eve’s first son, a farmer whose offering God rejected. Angered, Cain killed Abel (whose offering had been accepted) and subsequently denied knowledge of his whereabouts. As a punishment,
Kain
KAIN. A town to the S of Hebron (Jos. 15:57). Khirbet Yaqin has been suggested, but its antiquity is uncertain. lxx takes as one name with Zanoah, altering the count (*Zanoah, 2).J. D. Douglas
Cain
CAIN (Heb. qayin). 1. The eldest son of Adam and Eve (Gn. 4:1), at whose birth Eve said, ‘I have gotten (qānîṯî) a man’ (av). Since this account is unlikely to have been originally couched in Heb., no judgment can be made on the validity of the pun, and nothing can be concluded from apparent etymologies
Kain
Kain (Heb. qayin) (PEOPLE)A collective term singular in form, designating the Kenites (Num. 24:22; cf. Judg. 4:11).
Kain (Place)
Kain (Heb. qayin) (PLACE)A settlement included in the list of towns in the tribal allotment of Judah (Josh. 15:57). It has most often been identified with en-Nebi Yaqin (164100), a small site ca. 10 km. (6 mi.) SE of Hebron. Unfortunately, the site has not been systematically examined by archaeologists.
Kain (People)
KAIN [kān] (Heb. qayin “edge, point, spear”) (PEOPLE). † A collective term, singular in form, designating the Kenites (Num. 24:11; KJV “the Kenite”). At Judg. 4:11 the English versions read “the Kenite.”
Kain (Place)
KAIN [kān] (Heb. haqqayin) (PLACE)* According to Josh. 15:57, a city in the southern hill country of Judah (KJV “Cain”). The name suggests that it might have been a Kenite possession. Some scholars would locate the city at modern Khirbet Yaqin, southeast of Hebron.Following the LXX, some scholars
Cain
Cain, one of the cities in the low country of Judah, named with Zanoah and Gibeah. Josh. 15:57.
Kain
KAIN (kān). A city of the low country of Judah (Josh. 15:57; “Cain,” KJV), Khirbet Yagin, three miles SE of Hebron.