קַיִןQayin
קַ֫יִן: 1.
Pronunciation: kah'-yin · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7014
Meanings
tribe of Mose's father-in-law (Judges 4:11; Judges 1:16; Numbers 10:29)
2. in southern Judah (a settlement of II. ׳ ק 1?) (Joshua 15:57; Joshua 15:22)
קַ֫יִן: proper name, masculine: Cain (Genesis 4:1; Genesis 50:1-200; Genesis 4:2; Genesis 4:3; Genesis 4:5)
Same root
- קַיִןqayin · H7013a lance (as striking fast)
- קָנָהqânâh · H7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
- ΚάϊνKáïn · G2535Cain, (i.e. Cajin), the son of Adam
- קֵינִיQêynîy · H7017a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
- תּוּבַל קַיִןTûwbal Qayin · H8423Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”
- Genesis 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
- Genesis 4:3 When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord.
- Genesis 4:5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
- Genesis 4:6 “Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected?
- Genesis 4:8 One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).