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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(possession). (1) Eldest
son
of
Adam
(Gen. 4). (2) A city in lowlands of
Judah
(
Josh. 15:57
57
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: (Joshua 15:57)
).
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
12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. (1 John 3:12)
;
Jude 11
11
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (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.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
maker: fabricator (literally smith)
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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