Word Study · Strong's G2536 · Greek
Καϊνάν
Kainan
kah-ee-nan'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kaïnán
“Cainan (i.e. Kenan), the name of two patriarchs”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Cainan (i.e. Kenan), the name of two patriarchs
Rendered in the KJV as
Cainan.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- Καϊνὰμ2
How it is rendered · 1
- of Cainan2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
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- N-GSM-P · 2
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 3:36Καϊνὰμkainamnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularthe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,here: of Cainan
- Luke 3:37Καϊνὰμkainamnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularthe son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,here: of Cainan