Cainan
1:
CAINAN (PERSON) [Gk Kainam (Καιναμ)]. Name of two persons in the NT. The form “Cainan” is a Gk transliteration of the Heb qênān. See KENAN.
1. Appears in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus as the son of Enos and the great-grandson of Adam (3:37–38). The name occurs in the MT of Gen 5:9–14 and 1 Chr 1:2.
2. Occurs in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus as the son of Arphaxad and the father of Shelah (3:35–36). This Cainan is often called the second Cainan. The name appears in the genealogy of Shem in the LXX of Gen 10:24 and 11:12 and in Codex Alexandrinus of 1 Chr 1:18, but not in the MT or in P75 and Codex Bezae. The presence of the second Cainan in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus suggests that the evangelist used the LXX for this section instead of the MT.
Virgil R. L. Fry
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1:807). New York: Doubleday.
2:
Cainan — 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.”
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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CAINAN
1. A son of Arphaxad (Lk 3:36; Gn 10:24, LXX; 11:12–13).
2. Adam’s great-grandson, also called Kenan (Gn 5:9–14; 1 Chr 1:2; Lk 3:37). See Kenan.
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (249). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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CAI´NAN (kāʹi-nan). The son of Arphaxad and father of Shelah, according to Luke 3:35–36. He is nowhere named in the Heb. text, nor in any of the versions made from it, such as the Samaritan, Aram., Syr., Vulg., etc. It is believed by many that the name was not originally in the text, even of Luke, but is an addition of careless transcribers from the LXX.
See also Kenan for the NASB and NIV rendering of KJV “Cainan” in Gen. 5:9–14; 1 Chron. 1:2.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Cainan (Gk. Kaɩ̈nám)
1. According to Luke’s genealogy of Jesus, the son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36; cf. LXX Gen. 10:24; 11:12).
2. Another name for Kenan, in Luke’s genealogy (Luke 3:37; cf. Gen. 5:9–14; 1 Chr. 1:2).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (209). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
