Strong H7074H7074Hקְנִזִּי
Kenizzite
One of the 2 senses of Strong H7074
- Transliteration
- qenizzîy
- Pronunciation
- ken-iz-zee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Someone descended from Kenaz who was a man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.12;
son of: Jephunneh (H3312);
brother of: Caleb (H3612);
father of: Othniel (H6274) and Seraiah (H8304J); also called Kenizzite at Num.32.12; 1x,14;
Group of qe.naz (קְנַז "Kenaz" H7073I)
son of: Jephunneh (H3312);
brother of: Caleb (H3612);
father of: Othniel (H6274) and Seraiah (H8304J); also called Kenizzite at Num.32.12; 1x,14;
Group of qe.naz (קְנַז "Kenaz" H7073I)
Meaning of the name
Kenezite or Kenizzites = "descendant of Kenaz"
General definition
Patronymic from {H7073 } a Kenizzite or descendant of Kenaz: - {Kenezite} Kenizzites.
In the biblical story
Kenaz
Father of Othniel, a judge of Israel
Kenaz was the father of Othniel, a judge of Israel who delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Cushan-rishathaim.
In the Bible
Strong H7074H appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kenezite3
First verses
- Numbers 32:12Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
- Joshua 14:6Then 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.
- Joshua 14:14Hebron 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.