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Strong H70742 sensesקְנִזִּי

Kenizzite

Transliteration
qenizzîy
Pronunciation
ken-iz-zee'

Meaning of the name

Kenezite or Kenizzites = "descendant of Kenaz"

The 2 senses of Strong H7074

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7074 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Father of Othniel, a judge of IsraelH7074H3 verses · Numbers, Joshua
  2. A Canaanite tribe in the Promised LandH7074G1 verse · Genesis

General definition

Patronymic from {H7073 } a Kenizzite or descendant of Kenaz: - {Kenezite} Kenizzites.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • kenezite3
  • kenizzites1

First verses

  1. Genesis 15:19
    The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
  2. Numbers 32:12
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
  3. Joshua 14:6
    Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.
  4. Joshua 14:14
    Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.