nod Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
nod in Easton's Bible Dictionary
exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen.4:16). It lay on the east of Eden.
nod in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(flight), the land to which Cain fled after the murder of Abel. [CAIN]
nod in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
NOD (flight), the region eastward of Eden, to which Cain fled from the presence of Jehovah. Gen 4:14, Ex 17:16. The Chaldee interpreters apply the term to Cain, and not to a land: "He dwelt a fugitive in the land."
nod in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("wandering".) E. of Eden. Cain's place of flight.