Strong's Lexicon

H7017

H7017 — קֵינִי קִינִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewQeyniyadjectiveOccurrences: 13TWOT: 2016

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7017
Word:קֵינִי קִינִי
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:patronymic from H7014
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:13
Transliteration:Qeyniy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kay-nee' (or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2) adj.
Meaning:1. a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
KJV Renderings:Kenite.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7425

קֵינִי adjective [of a people] of II. קַיִן 1 (q. v.), ׳ חֶבֶר הַקּ (dwelling in North Israel), ὁ Κειναῖος Judg 4:11; Judg 4:17 (twice in verse); Judg 5:24 (against WMM Jen, who refers ׳ ק here to city Kîn near Megiddo, mentioned by Egyptian, see especially Bu Now on Judg 4:11); read probably also ׳ חֹבָב הַקּ Judg 1:16 (for ׳ בְּנֵי ק; so Bu GFM; ᵐ5 οἱ υιὁὶ Ιοθορ τοῦ Κειναίου); elsewhere as name of a people collective ׳ הַקּ settled among Amalekites, Num 24:21 ( J E ; see II. קַיִן 1), 1Sam 15:6 — = קֵינִי 1Sam 15:6 (We Bu Kit קַיִן, HPS הַקֵּינִי); — ׳ הַקּ also 1Sam 27:10; 1Sam 30:29 ( B ᵐ5 L Κενεζ(ε)Ι =קְנִזִּי A Κηνελ, Κειναῖος); Gen 15:19 (list of peoples; R ); = הַקִּינִים 1Chr 2:55 (Κ (ε)ιναῖοι), related to Rechabites.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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