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HebrewH7073Proper Noun (Masculine)

קְנַז

qe.naz

11Occurrences
H7073Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kenaz, the name of an Edomite and of two Israelites

probably from an unused root meaning to hunt; hunter;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Kenaz = "hunter" 1) son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau; one of the dukes of ) a brother of Caleb and father of Othniel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

קְנַז appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
Genesis
3
Judges
3
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:36BSB

The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

1 Chronicles 4:13BSB

The sons of Kenaz:Othniel and Seraiah.The sons of Othniel:Hathath and Meonothai.

Genesis 36:11BSB

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Genesis 36:42BSB

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

Judges 3:9BSB

But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.