קֵינִי
Qêynîy · kay-nee'
a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
Lexicon
Derivation: or קִינִי; (1 Chronicles 2:55), patronymic from H7014 (קַיִן);
a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kenite.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֵינִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the kenite4 · 31%
- of the kenites2 · 15%
- the kenites1 · 8%
- on the kenites1 · 8%
- of the kenite1 · 8%
- himself from the kenites1 · 8%
- unto the kenites1 · 8%
- so the kenites1 · 8%
- are the kenites1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.