kenite

kenite
ke·nite

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  • KENITE — (Heb. קֵינִי), a large group of nomadic clans engaged chiefly in metal working. The root qyn has the same meaning in cognate Semitic languages, e.g., in Arabic qayna, tinsmith, craftsman ; in Syriac and Aramaic qyn h, qyny, metalsmith. In the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Kenite — Kenites or Cinites (  /ˈkiːn …   Wikipedia

  • Kenite — ▪ ancient people       member of a tribe of itinerant metalsmiths related to the Midianites and the Israelites who plied their trade while traveling in the region of the Arabah (the desert rift valley extending from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf …   Universalium

  • kenite — ˈkēˌnīt noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized : a member of an ancient people of southern Palestine related to the Amalekites …   Useful english dictionary

  • ARAD — (Heb. עֲרָד), an important biblical city in the eastern Negev which controlled the main road to Edom and Elath. Ancient Arad The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South (Negev) prevented the Israelite tribes from penetrating into… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Rechabites —    The descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites, who accompanied the children of Israel into Palestine, and dwelt among them. Moses married a Kenite wife (Judg. 1:16), and Jael was the wife of Heber the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Judges 4 — 1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the …   The King James version of the Bible

  • JETHRO — (Heb. יֶתֶר ,יִתְרוֹ), Midianite priest and father in law of moses . Jethro had seven daughters who served as his shepherdesses. When Moses fled from Egypt he came to the well in Midian where he witnessed local shepherds mistreating the girls. He …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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