קְנִזִּיQᵉnizzîy

of Caleb, (in list; apparently South Canaanitish people) (Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6; Joshua 14:14; Genesis 15:19)

Pronunciation: ken-iz-zee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7074

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 15:19 the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
  • Numbers 32:12 The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have wholeheartedly followed the Lord.’
  • Joshua 14:6 A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea.
  • Joshua 14:14 Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.

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).