Cainan
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Meaning: possession; smith.
- The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen 5:9ff), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1Chr 1:2).
- The son of Arphaxad (Lk 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the "second Cainan."
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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