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GREEK · G2536
Kainan, Kainam — Cainan
Καινάμ (T, Καϊ-; Rec. Καϊνάν), ό, indecl. (Heb. קֵינָן), Cainam, Cainan; 1. son of Enos (Gen.5:9): Luk.3:37. 2. Son of Arphaxad (Gen.10:24 (LXX): Luk.3:36.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H775
ar.pakh.shad — Arpachshad
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Lud (H3865) and Aram (H0758); father of: Cainan (G2536); also called Arphaxad at Luk.3.36; Also named: Arphaxad (Ἀρφαξάδ "Arphaxad" G0742) § Arphaxad = "I shall fail as the breast: he cursed the breast-bottle" third son of Shem
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4111
ma.ha.lal.el — Mahalalel
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.12; son of: Kenan (H7018); father of: Jared (H3382); also called Mahalaleel (NIV: Mahalel) at Luk.3.37; Also named: Maleleēl (Μαλελεήλ "Mahalaleel" G3121) § Mahalaleel = "praise of God" 1) son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth 2) a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7974
she.lach — Shelah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.24; son of: Cainan (G2536); father of: Eber (H5677) Also named: Sala (Σαλά "Shelah" G4527H) § Salah or Shelah = "sprout" son of Arphaxad and father of Eber
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7018
qe.nan — Kenan
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.9; son of: Enosh (H0583); father of: Mahalalel (H4111); also called Cainan at Luk.3.37; Also named: Kainan, Kainam (Καϊνάν, Καϊνάμ "Cainan" G2536H) § Kenan = "possession" 1) son of Enosh and father of Mahalaleel 1a) also 'Cainan'
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2). (2.) The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the “second Cainan.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
