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Joshua 15:57
“Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קַיִןQayin · kah'-yin
H7014 · Hebrew
H7014 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
- Derivation
- the same as H7013 (קַיִן) (with a play upon the affinity to H7069 (קָנָה));
- KJV renderings
- Cain, Kenite(-s).
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- קַּ֖יִן — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:1Genesis 4:2Genesis 4:3Genesis 4:5Genesis 4:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קַיִן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.