Genesis 4:17
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קַיִן
Qayin
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
הָרָה
hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
חֲנוֹךְ
Chănôwk
Chanok, an antediluvian patriach
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
חֲנוֹךְ
Chănôwk
Chanok, an antediluvian patriach
Key Terms in This Verse
קַיִן Qayin
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
Study H7014 →הָרָה hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Study H2029 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own...
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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