Kenizzites
KENIZZITES
An ancient people of Canaan, whose land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Gen 15:19 . They appear to have mingled with other Canaanites, and lost their distinctive name before the time of Joshua. They should be distinguished from the Kenezites, the children of Kenaz. Two men so named are mentioned in Bible history, both subsequent to the Kenizzites, Gen 36:15,42 ; Jos 14:6 ; 15:17.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Kenizzites
KENIZZITES.A clan named from an eponymous ancestor, Kenaz. According to J [Note: Jahwist.] (Jos 15:17, Jdg 1:13), Caleb and Othniel were descended from him. (The Inference, sometimes made, that Kenaz was a brother of Caleb, arose from a misunderstanding of these passages.) R [Note: Redactor.] in Jos 14:6; Jos 14:14 definitely calls Caleb a Kenizzite, as P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] does in Num 32:12. R [Note: Redactor.] also (Gen 15:18-21) counts the Kenizzites among the pre-Israelitish inhabitants of Palestine. P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] in Gen 36:42 enrols Kenaz among the dukes of Edom, while a Priestly supplementer counts him both as a duke and as a grandson of Esau (Gen 36:11; Gen 36:16). The Chronicler names Kenaz as a grandson of Esau (1Ch 1:36), and also as a descendant of Judah (1Ch 4:13-15). The probable meaning of all these passages is that the Kenizzites overspread a part of Edom and southern Judah before the Israelitish conquest and continued to abide there, a part of them being absorbed by the Edomites, and a part by the tribe of Judah. This latter portion embraced the clans of Caleb and Othniel.
George A. Barton.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Kenizzites
Kenizzites, a Canaanitish tribe, mentioned in Gen 15:19, along with others, over which it was promised that the seed of Abraham should have dominion. The notion that they sprung from Kenaz, the grandson of Edom, and had their dwelling somewhere in Idumea, cannot be entertained, seeing that the tribe is named long before Kenaz had existence. The Kenizzites of Num 32:12; Jos 14:6, appear, however, to be a different race, the origin of which may without improbability be ascribed to Kenaz. The Kenizzites are not named among the nations whom the Israelites eventually subdued; whence it may be supposed that they had by that time merged into some of the other nations which Israel overcame.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Kenizzites
[Keniz’zites]
Mentioned only once as people in the land promised to Abraham. Gen 15:19.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Kenizzites
An Edomitish tribe whose land was promised to Abraham.
Gen 15:19
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Kenizzites
an ancient people of Canaan, whose land God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Gen 15:19. It is thought that this people dwelt in the mountains south of Judea.