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קֵינִי H7017

H7017 is the Hebrew word קֵינִי, transliterated Qêynîy and said kay-nee'. The King James Version most often renders it kenites.

Word: קֵינִיTransliteration: QêynîySaid: kay-nee'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 10 verses

What it means

a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin.

Where it comes from

or קִינִי; (1 Chronicles 2:55), patronymic from H7014 (קַיִן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

kenites 7×kenite 4×himself from the kenites 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Kenite.

Verses using קֵינִי

All 10 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 15:19 · KJV

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

Numbers 24:21 · KJV

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Judges 1:16 · KJV

And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

Judges 4:11 · KJV

Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

Judges 4:17 · KJV

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Judges 5:24 · KJV

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

1 Samuel 15:6 · KJV

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 27:10 · KJV

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

1 Samuel 30:29 · KJV

And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

1 Chronicles 2:55 · KJV

And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7017 mean?

H7017 is the Hebrew word קֵינִי (Qêynîy), meaning a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin.

How is H7017 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it kenites (7 times), kenite (4 times), himself from the kenites (1 time).

How many times does H7017 appear in the Bible?

קֵינִי (Qêynîy) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7017 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or קִינִי; (1 Chronicles 2:55), patronymic from H7014 (קַיִן).

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