Cainan
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters:...
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And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and
forty years, and begat sons and daughters:...
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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:...
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can refer to either:
A variant of the name Kenan in the generations of Adam, the
lists of antediluvian patriarchs given in the Torah;
Cainan, the son of the Arpachshad mentioned in most
manuscripts of the Gospel of Luke 3:36. This reference to
Cainan is present in the Septuagint and Samaritan versions
of the Book of Genesis, as well as in the B...
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ka'-nan, ka-i'-nan (Kainan):
(1) Greek form of Kenan (Lk 3:37): also the King James Version
form in Old Testament (except 1 Ch 1:2).
(2) A son of Arphaxad (Lk 3:36), omitted in Gen 10:24; 11:12....
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1. Also called KENAN
Son of Enos
Ge 5:9-15; 1Ch 1:2; Lu 3:37
-2. Son of Arphaxad
Lu 3:36...
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(possessor)
1. Son of Enos, aged 70 years when he begat Mahalaleel
his son. He lived 840 years afterwards, and died aged 910. Ge
6:9-14
2. Son of Arphaxad, and father of Sala, according to
Lu 3:36,37 and usually called the second Cainan. The is
nowhere named in the Hebrew MSS. It seems certain that his
name was introduced into the genealogie...
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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 Testa...
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("possessor" or "weapon-maker"), as Tubal-cain comes from the
Arabic "to forge" (Genesis 4:22). Son of Enos; aged 70 when he
begat Mahalaleel; he lived 840 years more, and died at 910
(Genesis 5:9-14; 1 Chronicles 1:2). In Luke 3:36-37, second
Cainan is introduced in the genealogy of Shem after the flood,
a son of Cainan. A transcriber seems t...
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