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Cain en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /keɪn/
  • [kʰeɪn]

Etymology

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.

Meanings

  1. The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.
    • And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to paſſe when they were in the field, that Cain roſe vp againſt Abel his brother, and ſlew him. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:8, column 2:
    • According to the Book of Jubilees Cain got married to his sister Awan.
  2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. A surname.

Deriveds

Cainism · mark of Cain · Cainish · curse of Cain · Cainitic · apple of Cain · raise Cain · Cainite · cainism · Cain complex · Cain-like · what in Cain · Cain-colored · Cainian

Relateds

Abel · Eve · Adam

Translations (52)

nb Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · tr Kabil (son of Adam and Eve) · ga Cáin (son of Adam and Eve) · af Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · ar قَابِيل (son of Adam and Eve) · fi Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · syc ܩܐܝܢ (son of Adam and Eve) · bn কাবিল (son of Adam and Eve) · hy Կայեն (son of Adam and Eve) · te హంతకుడు (son of Adam and Eve) · ee Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · fr Caïn (son of Adam and Eve) · sw Kaini (son of Adam and Eve) · sv Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · ar قَايِين (son of Adam and Eve) · cs Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · he קַ֔יִן (son of Adam and Eve) · grc Κάϊν (son of Adam and Eve) · fo Káin (son of Adam and Eve) · ca Caín (son of Adam and Eve) · mk Каин (son of Adam and Eve) · ro Cain (son of Adam and Eve) · it Caino (son of Adam and Eve) · zdj Kabila (son of Adam and Eve) · nl Kaïn (son of Adam and Eve) · es Caín (son of Adam and Eve) · la Cain (son of Adam and Eve) · ja カイン (son of Adam and Eve) · ru Ка́ин (son of Adam and Eve) · de Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · fa قابیل (son of Adam and Eve) · vi Ca-in (son of Adam and Eve) · hi कैन (son of Adam and Eve) · el Κάιν (son of Adam and Eve) · mt Kajin (son of Adam and Eve) · ka კაენი (son of Adam and Eve) · bg Ка́ин (son of Adam and Eve) · uk Ка́їн (son of Adam and Eve) · ms Qabil (son of Adam and Eve) · da Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · sh Kàjin (son of Adam and Eve) · be Ка́ін (son of Adam and Eve) · hi क़ाबील (son of Adam and Eve) · gv Cain (son of Adam and Eve) · la Caīnus (son of Adam and Eve) · sh Ка̀јин (son of Adam and Eve) · ms Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · ko 카인 (son of Adam and Eve) · pt Caim (son of Adam and Eve) · pl Kain (son of Adam and Eve) · cmn 該隱 /该隐 (son of Adam and Eve) · ang Cāin (son of Adam and Eve)

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