Hebrew word · H7014
קַ֫יִן
kayin
Cain
Appears 19 times in 16 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.1;
son of: Adam (H0121) and Eve (H2332);
brother of: Abel (H1893) and Seth (H8352);
father of: Enoch (H2585)
Also named: Kain (Κάϊν "Cain" G2535)
§ Cain = "possession"
eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Genesis · 16
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Genesis 4:1 קַ֔יִן Cain
And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
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Genesis 4:2 וְקַ֕יִן and Cain
Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
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Genesis 4:3 קַ֜יִן Cain
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
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Genesis 4:5 קַ֥יִן לְקַ֙יִן֙ Cain, to Cain
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Here: The firstborn son, named in 4:1 with a pun on qanah, 'I have gotten/produced.' The person is named before his gift, as in verse 4: God's regard is toward the giver first, then the gift.
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Genesis 4:6 קָ֑יִן Cain
“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
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Genesis 4:8 קַ֖יִן קַ֛יִן Cain
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Here: The firstborn. In 4:1 Eve ties his name to the verb qanah, “to acquire / bring forth.” The name may also sound like a word for “smith” or “spear.” He is the subject of every action in this verse.
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Genesis 4:9 קַ֔יִן Cain
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Here: The firstborn, whose name Eve tied to a word for "acquiring" in Genesis 4:1. He is addressed directly, as Yahweh had already addressed him in the warning of 4:6–7.
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Genesis 4:13 קַ֖יִן Cain
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Genesis 4:15 קַ֔יִן לְקַ֙יִן֙ <of> Cain, for Cain
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
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Genesis 4:16 קַ֖יִן Cain
So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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Genesis 4:17 קַ֙יִן֙ Cain
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
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Genesis 4:24 קָ֑יִן Cain
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
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Genesis 4:25 קָֽיִן׃ Cain
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
Numbers · 1
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Numbers 24:22 קָ֑יִן [the] Kenite[s]
Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
Joshua · 1
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Joshua 15:57 הַקַּ֖יִן <the> Kain
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
Judges · 1
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Judges 4:11 מִקַּ֔יִן from [the] Kenite[s]
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
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