H7018 H7018
Qenan (Kenan); a Sethite patriarch, son of Enosh and father of Mahalalel, in the pre-flood genealogy.
The proper name Qenan (also spelled Kenan), a Sethite patriarch in the antediluvian genealogy. Son of Enosh and father of Mahalalel, he lived 910 years according to Genesis 5:9-14. The name appears six times — five in Genesis 5 covering his birth, fathering of Mahalalel, and death, plus once in the compressed genealogy of 1 Chronicles 1:2. Spanish 'Quenán' and German 'Kenan' reflect the standard transliterations, while the two minor cluster variants (Qeynan vs. Qenan) represent vowel pointing differences with no semantic distinction.
Senses
1. Qenan (proper name) — The proper masculine name Qenan (Kenan), a pre-flood patriarch in the line of Seth. All six occurrences appear in genealogical lists: Genesis 5:9 records his birth to Enosh at age 90, Genesis 5:10-13 traces his 840 remaining years and offspring, Genesis 5:14 notes his death at 910, and 1 Chronicles 1:2 repeats his place in the lineage. The multilingual evidence — English 'Qenan,' Spanish 'Quenán,' French 'Kénan,' German 'Kenan' — shows only transliteration variation. The two original clusters (Qeynan vs. Qenan) reflect minor vowel spelling differences with no semantic divergence. 6×
AR["قِينان", "قِينَانَ", "قِينَانُ"]·ben["কেনান", "কেনানের"]·DE["Kenan", "Kenans", "[קינן]"]·EN["Qenan", "Qeynan"]·FR["Kénan", "Qeynan"]·heb["קינן"]·HI["कēनान", "कēनान-के", "कēनान-को", "केनान"]·ID["Kenan"]·IT["Chenan", "Qeynan"]·jav["Kenan", "Kénan"]·KO["게난", "게난-의", "게난-이"]·PT["Cainã", "Qeinan", "de-Cainã"]·RU["Каинан", "Каинана", "Кенан"]·ES["Quenan", "Quenán"]·SW["Kenani"]·TR["Kenan", "Kenan'ı", "Kenan'ın"]·urd["قینان", "قینان-کے"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קֵינָן n.pr.m. a Sethite (Sab. n.pr. dei קינן CISiv, no. 8, 1. 2);—Gn 5:9, 10, 12, 13, 14 1 Ch 1:2; Καιναν.