H7079: קְנָת
Qᵉnâth · pronounced ken-awth' · “Kenath”
Definition
Kenath, a place East of the Jordan
KJV translates it as: Kenath.
Word origin: from H7069 (קָנָה); possession;
Extended definition
§ Kenath = "possession"
a city in Gilead east of the Jordan taken possession of by a certain Nobah and renamed in his own honour
a city in Gilead east of the Jordan taken possession of by a certain Nobah and renamed in his own honour
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7079 is translated
- kenath ×2
Bible verses with H7079 (Qᵉnâth)
Qᵉnâth appears in 2 verses.
- Numbers 32:42
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.