Kain (2)
Kain
KAIN.1. A city in the uplands of Judah (Jos 15:57), probably to be identified with the modern Khirbet Yakn, on a hill S.W. of Hebron, with tombs, cisterns, and other traces of an ancient town. A neighbouring sanctuary is pointed out as the tomb of Cain. 2. A clan name = the Kenites (wh. see), Num 24:22 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), Jdg 4:11 (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ).
W. Ewing.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Kain (1)
kan (, ha-kayin; the King James Version Cain): A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:57). There is, too, apparently a reference to this place in Num 24:21, Num 24:22 : And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock. Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
This place has been very doubtfully identified as the ruin Yukn, a place on a lofty hill Southeast of Hebron, overlooking the wilderness of Judah; the tomb of Cain is shown there. See PEF, III, 312, Sh XXI.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kain (2)
(, kayin): A clan name, the King James Version the Kenite (Num 24:22; Jdg 4:11). In the first passage the Revised Version (British and American) has Kain and margin the Kenites; in the second, the Revised Version (British and American) has the Kenite in text and margin Kain. Compare preceding article.