“Cain” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(possession). (1) Eldest son of Adam (Gen. 4). (2) A city in lowlands of Judah (Josh. 15:57).
“Kenites” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(smiths). A Midianite tribe allied to Israelites (Gen. 15:19; Num. 24:21-22; Judg. 4:11).
“Cain” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
The first son of Adam and Eve. Ignoring the fall, he approached God in his own person, and with the fruit of his own toil from the ground that had been cursed. God could accept neither him nor his offerings: life had been forfeited, and man must approach God through the death and excellency of a sacrifice which God could accept. Cain’s anger was kindled because of the acceptance of Abel and his offering, and he slew his brother, notwithstanding that God had reasoned with him respecting his anger. God cursed him from the earth, and set a mark upon him that no avenger of blood should slay him. Cain went out from the presence of God—significant sentence—and in the land of Nod built a city and named it after his son Enoch (Gen. 4). He is held up in the New Testament as an example of wickedness and self-will (1 John 3:12; Jude 11). Cain’s act of worship is a notable type of mere human religion—presuming to approach God as if there had been no fall and no sin. See ABEL.
“Cain” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
A city in Judah (Josh. 15:57). Identified with the ruins at Yukin, 31° 30' N, 35° 8' E.
“Kenites” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
There seem to have been several different peoples called by this name, without any apparent link between them. Thus
1. There were some in the land when it was promised to Abraham (Gen. 15:19).
2. Jethro, or Raguel, Moses’ father-in-law, is called a Kenite (Judg. 1:16), and is also called a Midianite (Num. 10:29). The Midianites sprung from Midian, the son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen. 25:2); so these Kenites were probably a branch of the Midianites. The children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, left Jericho, the city of palm trees, and went into the wilderness of Judah, which was to the south of Arad, and dwelt there (Judg. 1:16). Apparently Heber the Kenite traveled north, and was neutral between Israel and their enemies; but Jael his wife smote Sisera in her tent (Judg. 4:11,17; Judg. 5:24). Others remained in the far south, for when Saul was going to smite the Amalekites he warned the Kenites, for their own safety, to depart from among them, because they had befriended Israel when they came from Egypt (1 Sam. 15:6). They were still in the neighborhood when David feigned to have attacked them. He regarded them as friends, and sent presents to them (1 Sam. 27:10; 1 Sam. 30:29).
3. There were Kenites whom Balaam saw dwelling in the rocks, and who were to be carried away by Asshur (Num. 24:21-22). These may have been a remnant of the Kenites mentioned in Genesis 15:19.
4. Descendants of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab (1 Chron. 2:55).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
KJV Usage:
Cain, Kenite(-s)
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Possession; purchase; smith:― name of an Oriental tribe, Num. 24:22. {Possessio}