Word

קַיִן

Qayin · H7014 · Hebrew · proper noun · 19 occurrences

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Person

Cainfirst named in Genesis 4:116 verses

Place

Kainfirst named in Numbers 24:222 verses

Meanings

Cain

Man; first son of Adam and Eve; possible ancestor of the Kenites

Examples
Genesis 4:1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a male child with the help of the LORD.”
Genesis 4:2 And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground.
Genesis 4:3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.
Kenite

Ethnic group; possibly descendants of Cain; ally of Israel; associated with Moses' father-in-law

Examples
Numbers 24:22 “Nevertheless Kain will suffer devastation; How long will Asshur keep you captive?”
Kain

Town; located in the hill country; territory of Judah

Examples
Joshua 15:57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

10 occurrences in 8 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2
אָמַרto say 2
הָרַגto kill 1
יָדַעto know 1
יָצָאto go out 1
נָקַםto avenge 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָלַדto bear 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 3 groups

אֵלto, toward 5
לto/for 4
מִןfrom 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָרַגto kill 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

Weapons001003001001020: This sense is shared with the identically spelled word for a spear (קַיִן (qayin, H7013)); it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citations, which all concern the person Cain.
Names of People003001007: This is the personal name Cain, Adam and Eve's firstborn son, a cultivator of the ground whose offering the LORD did not regard (Genesis 4:1-6).
Names of Groups003001006: The same name is also used as the gentilic "Kenite(s)," naming a tribal group; this sense is not independently attested in the sampled citations, which all concern the person Cain.
Names of Locations003001010: This domain is not independently attested in the sampled citations, which all concern the person Cain.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7014. Qayin II. קַ֫יִן proper name 1. of a people (see StaG i. 151 f. MeyEntstehung 115;…

H7014. Qayin
II. קַ֫יִן proper name
1. of a people (see StaG i. 151 f. MeyEntstehung 115; compare Arabic proper name, of family Nabataean, Sinaitic proper name, masculine and feminine קינו; tribe of smiths?); — tribe of Mose's father-in-law Jdg 4:11 (compare קֵינִי Jdg 1:16), Καινα ᵐ5L Κειν; akin to Midian (Num 10:29 P), settled among Amalekites in south of Canaan (see קֵינִי); prophesied against by Balaam Num 24:22 (קָ֑יִן; J E); — see also קֵינִי
2. location הַקַּ֫יִן in southern Judah (a settlement of II.׳ק
1 ?); — Jos 15:57, [Ζακαν]αειμ, A [Ζανω] Ακειμ, ᵐ5L [Ζανου] Ακεν; possibly= Yª†în southeast from Hebron [RobBR ii.85] (see BuhlGeogr. 162 f. who, however, compare קִינָה Jos 15:22).
III. קַ֫יִן proper name, masculine Cain, Kain eldest son of Adam and Eve (explanation Gen 4:1 from קָנָה acquire; but in fact = II. ׳ק, as heros eponymos, according to Wecompare11 StaG 285 ff. BuUrg. 193 HolzGenesis 50f. especially StaZAW xiv (1894), 250 ff.; xv (1895), 157 ff., CheEncy.Bib.CAIN); — ׳ק Gen 4:1-2, Gen 4:3, Gen 4:5 (twice in verse); Gen 4:8 (twice in verse); Gen 4:9, Gen 4:13, Gen 4:15 (twice in verse); Gen 4:16-17, קָ֑יִן Gen 4:6; Gen 4:24; Gen 4:25 (all J).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0