Cain Proper Name

† III. קַ֫יִן n.pr.m. Cain, Καιν, eldest son of Adam and Eve (expl. Gn 4:1 from קָנָה acquire; but in fact = ii. ק׳, as heros eponymos, according to WeComp. 11 StaG 285 ff. BuUrg. 193 Holz Gn 50 f. especially StaZAW xiv (1894), 250 ff.; xv (1895), 157 ff., CheEncy. Bib. cain);—ק׳ Gn 4:1, 2, 3, 5(×2), 8(×2), 9, 13, 15(×2), 16, 17, קָ֑יִן v 6, 24, 25 (all J).

Καίν (Τ, Κάϊν), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, Κάϊς, -ιος), (Heb. קַיִן; Gen.4:1), Cain: Heb.11:4, 1Jn.3:12, Ju 11.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

† II. קַ֫יִן n.pr. 1. gent. (v. StaG i. 131 f. MeyEntstehung 115; cf. Arabic n.pr.fam. قَيْن; Nab. Sin. n.pr.m. et. f. קינו; tribe of smiths?);—tribe of Moses’ father-in-law Ju 4:11 (cf. קֵינִי 1:16), Καινα, 𝔊L Κειν; akin to Midian (Nu 10:29 P), settled among Amal. in S. of Canaan (v. קֵינִי); prophesied against by Balaam Nu 24:22 (קָ֑יִן; JE);—v. also קֵינִי" dir="rtl" >קֵינִי. 2. loc. הַקַּ֫יִן, in S. Judah (a settlement of ii. ק׳ 1?);—Jos 15:57, [Ζακαν]αειμ, A [Ζανω] Ακειμ, 𝔊L [Ζανου] Ακεν; poss. = Ẏŭḳîn SE. from Hebron [RobBR ii. 85] (v. BuhlGeogr. 162 f. who, however, cp. קִינָה v 22).

† תּוּבַל(־)קַ֫יִן n.pr.m. first worker in metal, ace. to Gn 4:22(×2) (J); Θοβελ.