Cainan — the meaning of the Hebrew name קֵינָן

קֵינָן

Qêynân · pronounced kay-nawn' · Strong's H7018 · a man · also spelled Kenan

Cainan means fixed.

Built from

קֵן qên (the same as, H7064) — a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings open in the lexicon ›

from the same as H7064; fixed; Kenan, an antediluvian.

Gen 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: (KJV)

6 occurrences in 6 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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