קין

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Possibly from the verb קָנָה (kanáh, to get, to create)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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קַיִן (káyin) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (biblical) Cain (the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel)
    • Tanach, Genesis 4:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת קַיִן
      And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain
  2. A collective term for the Kenites, a biblical ethnic group.

See also

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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קין (kinm, plural קינס (kins)

  1. chin

Etymology 2

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From Hebrew קַיִן (qayin).

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Proper noun

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קין (Kaynm

  1. (biblical) Cain (the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel)