# קַיִן (qayin)

Israeli respelling: qa-yin. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7014. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe

King James renderings: Cain, Kenite(-s).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qayin-h7014

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/1) — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
- [Genesis 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/2) — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- [Genesis 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/3) — And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
- [Genesis 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/5) — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- [Genesis 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/6) — And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- [Genesis 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/8) — And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and sl…
- [Genesis 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/9) — And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
- [Genesis 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/13) — And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- [Genesis 4:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/15) — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain,…
- [Genesis 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/16) — And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
- [Genesis 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/17) — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his so…
- [Genesis 4:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/24) — If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- [Genesis 4:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/25) — And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Ab…
- [Numbers 24:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/22) — Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- [Joshua 15:57](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/15/57) — Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: