Genesis 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8And 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 slew him.
9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17And 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 son, Enoch.
18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25And 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 Abel, whom Cain slew.
26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85320× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- קַיִןQayinH701416× in this chapter
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
- הָיָהhâyâhH196111× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- יָלַדyâladH320511× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- אֵלʼêlH41311× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306810× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אָמַרʼâmarH5599× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הֶבֶלHebelH18938× in this chapter
Hebel, the son of Adam
- אָחʼâchH2518× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- שֵׁםshêmH80348× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1276× in this chapter
soil (from its general redness)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8026× in this chapter
a woman
- הוּאhûwʼH19315× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָרַגhâragH20265× in this chapter
to smite with deadly intent
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לֶמֶךְLemekH39295× in this chapter
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64405× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30454× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71214× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- תּוּבַל קַיִןTûwbal QayinH84234× in this chapter
Tubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarch
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- גַּםgamH15713× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- חֲנוֹךְChănôwkH25853× in this chapter
Chanok, an antediluvian patriach
- מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מִנְחָהminchâhH45033× in this chapter
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
- עָדָהʻÂdâhH57113× in this chapter
Adah, the name of two women
- צִלָּהTsillâhH67413× in this chapter
Tsillah, an antediluvian woman
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אָבʼâbH12× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- דָּםdâmH18182× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- הָרָהhârâhH20292× in this chapter
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- חָרָהchârâhH27342× in this chapter
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יָטַבyâṭabH31902× in this chapter
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
- יָסַףyâçaphH32542× in this chapter
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- לָקַחlâqachH39472× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)