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Strong's #8423 - תּוּבַל קַיִן

Transliteration

Tûwbal Qayin

Phonetics

too-bal' kah'-yin

Origin

apparently from (H2986) (compare (H2981)) and (H7014)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain"
1. son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 4

CSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

KJV (2)

Genesis 2

LEB (2)

Genesis 2

LSB (2)

Genesis 2

N95 (2)

Genesis 2

NAS (2)

Genesis 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

תּוּבַל(ֿ)קַ֫יִן proper name, masculine first worker in metal, according to Genesis 4:22 (twice in verse) (J); Θοβελ.

תובנתו see תְּבוּנָה below בין. תּוּגָה see יגה.

תּוֺדָה see ידה.

I. תוה (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew תָּאו = Biblical Hebrew תָּו, תִּוָּה verb denominative Pi`el; ᵑ7תְּוָא Ezekiel 9:4; Levy^{NHWB iv. 622derives following} from √ אוה).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

תּוּבַל קַיִן (perhaps “smith of scoria,” comp. of Arab. قَيْنُ smith, and Pers. توبل scoria of metal, the genitive being put first, which seems to shew the origin to be Assyrian or Persic [but be it remembered that it is an antediluvian pr.n.]), Tubalcain, pr.n. of a son of Lamech, inventor of working in iron, Genesis 4:22.

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List of Word Forms

קַ֔יִן קַ֖יִן קין Kayin qa·yin qayin