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Cainan
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2). (2.) The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the “second Cainan.”
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(possessor)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
CAI'NAN (possession, or a smith). 1. The son of Enos. Gen 6:9-14; Luke 3:37. He is called Kenan, which is the correct form, in 1 Chr 1:2. He lived 910 years. 2. A son of Arphaxad, Luke 3:36; but as the name is not found in the Hebrew, it is probably an unwarranted interpolation into the Septuagint, and thence copied by Luke into his Gospel.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
possessor; purchaser
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
CAI'NAN (possession, or a smith). 1. The son of Enos. Gen 6:9-14; Luke 3:37. He is called Kenan, which is the correct form, in 1 Chr 1:2. He lived 910 years.
2. A son of Arphaxad, Luke 3:36; but as the name is not found in the Hebrew, it is probably an unwarranted interpolation into the Septuagint, and thence copied by Luke into his Gospel.