Tubal-cain — the meaning of the Hebrew name תּוּבַל קַיִן

תּוּבַל קַיִן

Tûwbal Qayin · pronounced too-bal' kah'-yin · Strong's H8423 · a man

Tubal-cain means offspring of Cain.

Built from

יָבַל yâbal (apparently from, H2986) — properly, to flow open in the lexicon ›

קַיִן Qayin (and, H7014) — Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe open in the lexicon ›

apparently from H2986 (compare H2981) and H7014; offspring of Cain; Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch.

Gen 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

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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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