קין

Hebrew

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈka.jin/

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Proper noun

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

• 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

• (Standard, Northeastern, Poylish) IPA^(key): [kɪn]

Noun

קין • (kin) m, plural קינס (kins)

1. chin

Etymology 2

From Hebrew קַיִן (qayin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪ̯n/

Proper noun

קין • (Kayn) m

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