Qêynîy — H7017

Definition

patronymic adjective

a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin

1. Kenite = "smiths"
2. the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai

Usually translated as

Kenite

Origin

or Qîynîy; (1 Chronicles 2:55), patronymic from H7014

• Derived from Qayin (H7014)

Occurrences

Qêynîy occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 15:19 — The Kenites (הַקֵּינִי֙), and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
• Numbers 24:21 — And he looked on the Kenites (הַקֵּינִ֔י), and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
• Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite (קֵינִי֩), Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
• Judges 4:11 — Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites (הַקֵּינִי֙), and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
• Judges 4:17 — Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite (הַקֵּינִ֑י): for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
• Judges 4:17 — Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite (הַקֵּינִֽי).
• Judges 5:24 — Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite (הַקֵּינִ֑י) be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
• 1 Samuel 15:6 — And Saul said unto the Kenites (הַקֵּינִ֡י), Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
• 1 Samuel 15:6 — And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites (קֵינִ֖י) departed from among the Amalekites.
• 1 Samuel 27:10 — And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites (הַקֵּינִֽי).
• 1 Samuel 30:29 — And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites (הַקֵּינִֽי),
• 1 Chronicles 2:55 — And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites (הַקִּינִ֣ים) that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.