H7017
קֵינִי
Kenite
Ancestors of Heber (H2268H) or Hobab (H2246), first mentioned at Gen.15.19 Also named: qa.yin (קַ֫יִן "Kenite" H7014) § Kenite = "smiths" the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
קֵינִי adjective, of a people of II. קַיִן 1 (q. v.), ׳חֶבֶר הַקּ (dwelling in North Israel), ὁ Κειναῖος Judg 4:11; Judg 4:17 (twice in verse); Judg 5:24 (against WMM Jen, who refers ׳ק here to city Kîn near Megiddo, mentioned by Egyptian, see especially Bu Now on Judg 4:11); read probably also ׳חֹבָב הַקּ Judg 1:16 (for ׳בְּנֵי ק; so Bu GFM; ᵐ5 οἱ υιὁὶ Ιοθορ τοῦ Κειναίου); elsewhere as name of a people collective ׳הַקּ settled among Amalekites, Num 24:21 (J E; see II. קַיִן 1), 1Sam 15:6 — = קֵינִי v1Sam 15:6 (We Bu Kit קַיִן, HPS הַקֵּינִי); — ׳הַקּ also 1Sam 27:10; 1Sam 30:29 (B ᵐ5L Κενεζ(ε)Ι =קְנִזִּי A Κηνελ, Κειναῖος); Gen 15:19 (list of peoples; R); = הַקִּינִים 1Chr 2:55 (Κ(ε)ιναῖοι), related to Rechabites.
8 occurrences
Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Judges (4), I Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1)