STRONGS G2535:
Κάϊν (
WH Κάϊν (cf.
Ἰ´,
ἰ at the end)),
ὁ, indeclinable (in
Josephus with a Greek ending,
Καις,
Καιτος; Hebrew
קַיִן i. e. a spear, although the author of Genesis,
Genesis 4:1, derives it from
קָנָה to produce, beget, acquire, so that it is equivalent to
קִנְיָן,
Psalm 104:24 (cf.
B. D. American edition under the word)),
Cain, the fratricide, the first-born son of Adam:
Hebrews 11:4;
1 John 3:12;
Jude 1:11.
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