Bible Names

Kenaz: meaning of the name

Kenaz means “this purchase; this lamentation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Kenaz in Hebrew and Greek

קְנַז H7073

Qᵉnaz (ken-az') — Kenaz, the name of an Edomite and of two Israelites

probably from an unused root meaning to hunt; hunter;

People named Kenaz in the Bible

Kenaz in Scripture

“Kenaz” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:11

    And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

  • Genesis 36:15

    These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

  • Genesis 36:42

    Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

  • Joshua 15:17

    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

  • Judges 1:13

    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

  • Judges 3:9

    And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

  • Judges 3:11

    And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:36

    The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.