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Conj-w | N-proper-ms  |  16× in 1 sense
Cain — firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer in the biblical narrative
The proper name of the eldest son of Adam and Eve, whose offering God rejected while accepting Abel's, precipitating the first murder (Gen 4:1-8). Genesis explains the name through a wordplay on qanah ('to acquire'), as Eve declares 'I have acquired a man with the Lord' (Gen 4:1). After slaying Abel, Cain receives a protective mark and goes out to dwell in the land of Nod, east of Eden, where he founds a city (Gen 4:15-17). All sixteen occurrences fall within the Yahwist narrative of Genesis 4. Spanish 'Cain,' French 'Cain,' and German 'Kain' all preserve the Hebrew pronunciation closely.
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Senses
1. Qayin — Cain (קַיִן), the personal name of Adam and Eve's firstborn son, whose story in Genesis 4 encompasses the first worship, the first fratricide, and the first exile. The name is etymologically linked to qanah ('acquire/create') through Eve's birth announcement (Gen 4:1). All occurrences belong to the J source in Genesis 4:1-25, tracing his offering, his murder of Abel, his dialogue with God, his protective mark, and his settlement east of Eden where he builds the first city. 16×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Cain Proper Name
AR["قَايِنَ", "قَايِنُ", "لِ-قَايِنَ", "وَ-قَايِنُ"]·ben["আর-কয়িন", "কয়িন", "কয়িনের", "কয়িনের-জন্য"]·DE["Kain", "dem-Kain", "und-Kain"]·EN["Qayin", "and-Qayin", "for-Qayin", "to-Qayin"]·FR["Caïn", "et-Caïn", "pour-Caïn", "à-Caïn"]·heb["ו-קין", "ל-קין", "קין"]·HI["और-कैन", "कैन", "कैन-के-लिए", "कैन-को"]·ID["Kain", "dan-Kain", "pada-Kain"]·IT["Caino", "a-Caino", "e-Caino", "per-Caino"]·jav["Kain", "kangge-Kain", "lan-Kain"]·KO["가인", "가인-을", "가인-이", "그리고-가인-은", "에-가인"]·PT["Caim", "e-Caim", "em-Caim"]·RU["Каин", "Каина", "Каину", "а-Каин", "на-Каина"]·ES["Caín", "a-Caín", "y-Caín"]·SW["Kaini", "juu-ya-Kaini", "na-Kaini"]·TR["Kayin", "Kayin'e", "Kayin'i", "Kayin'in", "ve-Kayin"]·urd["اور-قائن", "قائن", "قائن-سے", "قائن-نے", "قائن-کا", "قائن-کو", "قائن-کی"]
Gen 4:1, Gen 4:2, Gen 4:3, Gen 4:5, Gen 4:5, Gen 4:6, Gen 4:8, Gen 4:8, Gen 4:9, Gen 4:13, Gen 4:15, Gen 4:15  (+4 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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).