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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52213" /> ==
<p> ( קין , <i> ''''' ḳayin ''''' </i> ): A clan name, the King James Version "the Kenite" ( Numbers 24:22; Judges 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. </p>
<p> <strong> [[Kain]] </strong> . <strong> 1. </strong> [[A]] city in the uplands of Judah (&nbsp; Joshua 15:57 ), probably to be identified with the modern <em> Khirbet Yakîn </em> , 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. <strong> 2. </strong> [[A]] clan name = the <strong> [[Kenites]] </strong> (wh. see), &nbsp; Numbers 24:22 [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ), &nbsp; Judges 4:11 (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). </p> <p> [[W.]] Ewing. </p>
       
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41687" /> ==
&nbsp;Numbers 24:22&nbsp;Joshua 15:57
       
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135809" /> ==
<p> (n.) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. </p>
       
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<ref name="term_5535"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/kain+(2) Kain from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
 
<ref name="term_52213"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/kain Kain from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_41687"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/kain Kain from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_135809"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/kain Kain from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Kain . 1. A city in the uplands of Judah (  Joshua 15:57 ), probably to be identified with the modern Khirbet Yakîn , 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),   Numbers 24:22 (Rv [Note: Revised Version.] ),   Judges 4:11 (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ).

W. Ewing.

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

 Numbers 24:22 Joshua 15:57

Webster's Dictionary [3]

(n.) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.

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