קין

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Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly from the verb קָנָה (kánáh, "to get" or "create")

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈka.jin/

Proper noun

קַיִן • (káyin) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. Cain, the son of Adam.
  2. A collective term for the Kenites, a biblical ethnic group.

See also

הֶבֶל (Hével)

References

  • H7014 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • For the less common biblical meaning "create," Iain Provan (10 May 2016). Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 99. →ISBN.
  • For the term as a collective for Kenites, Ruth W. Mellinkoff (29 April 2003). The Mark of Cain. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 150. →ISBN.

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Old High German kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [kɪn]

Noun

קין • (kin) m, plural קינס (kins)

  1. chin

Etymology 2

From Hebrew קַיִן (qayin).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

קין • (Kayn) m

  1. Cain, the son of Adam.
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