A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.9; son of: Enosh (h583); father of: Mahalalel (h4111); also called Cainan at Luk.3.37; Also named: Kainan, Kainam (Καϊνάν, Καϊνάμ "Cainan" g2536H) § Kenan = "possession" son of Enosh and father of Mahalaleel 1a) also 'Cainan'
Strongs
Word:
קֵינָן
Transliteration:
Qêynân
Pronounciation:
kay-nawn'
Language:
Proper Name
Morphhology:
Proper Name Masculine
Definition:
Kenan, an antediluvian; Cainan, Kenan.; from the same as h7064 (קֵן); fixed
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.12; son of: Kenan (h7018); father of: Jared (h3382); also called Mahalaleel (NIV: Mahalel) at Luk.3.37; Also named: Maleleēl (Μαλελεήλ "Mahalaleel" g3121) § Mahalaleel = "praise of God" 1) son of Cainan and the 4th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth 2) a descendant of Perez, the son of Judah
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.15; son of: Mahalalel (h4111); father of: Enoch (h2585H) Also named: Iared (Ἰάρεδ "Jared" g2391) § Jered or Jared = "descent" 1) son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch in the 4th generation from Seth 2) a descendant of Judah and father of Gedor