Word Study · Strong's H8423 · Hebrew
תּוּבַל קַיִן
Tubal Qayin
too-bal' kah'-yin
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tûwbal Qayin
“Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch
Rendered in the KJV as
Tubal-cain.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- קַ֔יִן1
- קַ֖יִן1
- תּ֣וּבַל1
- תּֽוּבַל־1
How it is rendered · 2
- Cain2
- Tubal-2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)4
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- HNpm · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 4:22תּ֣וּבַלtuvalproper noun (a name)And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.here: Tubal-
- Genesis 4:22קַ֔יִןkayinproper noun (a name)And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.here: Cain
- Genesis 4:22תּֽוּבַל־tuval-proper noun (a name)And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.here: Tubal-
- Genesis 4:22קַ֖יִןkayinproper noun (a name)And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.here: Cain