Bible Names

Cainan: meaning of the name

Cainan means “possessor; purchaser.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Cainan in Hebrew and Greek

קֵינָן H7018

Qêynân (kay-nawn') — Kenan, an antediluvian

from the same as H7064 (קֵן); fixed;

Καϊνάν G2536

Kaïnán — Cainan (i.e. Kenan), the name of two patriarchs

of Hebrew origin (H07018);

People named Cainan in the Bible

Cainan in Scripture

“Cainan” appears in 7 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 5:9

    And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

  • Genesis 5:10

    And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:12

    And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

  • Genesis 5:13

    And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:14

    And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

  • Luke 3:36

    Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

  • Luke 3:37

    Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,