Greek word · G2535

Κάϊν

kain

Cain

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

Καίν

(Τ, Κάϊν), ὁ,

indecl.

(in FlJ, Κάϊς, -ιος), (Heb. קַיִן; Genesis 4:1),

Cain: Hebrews 11:4, 1 John 3:12, Jude 1:11.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Hebrews · 1

  1. Hebrews 11:4 Κάϊν Cain

    By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

    Here: The older brother, a farmer, whose offering God did not regard. Later he murdered Abel.

1 John · 1

  1. 1 John 3:12 Κάϊν Cain

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

    Here: The first son of Adam and Eve (Genesis 4), the first murderer. He is the only Old Testament figure named anywhere in 1 John, and he serves as the model of what not to be.

Jude · 1

  1. Jude 1:11 Κάϊν of Cain

    Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

    Here: The first murderer (Genesis 4). By Jude's day, Jewish tradition had made him the model of envy, greed, hatred of a brother, and of the man who leads others into sin and denies that God judges.

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