'Cainan' definitions:
Definition of 'cainan'
From: Easton
- Cainan 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. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).
- The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the "second Cainan."
Definition of 'cainan'
From: Hitchcock
- Cainan, possessor; purchaser