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title: קְנַז — Kenaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְנַז (7073), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Kenaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְנַז

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«קְנַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kenaz** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 7073 · **BDB:** קְנַז

### Glosses

Kenaz (6); of.Kenaz (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kenaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7073/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7073/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Edom, Κενεζ: son of Eliphaz Gn 36:11 = 1 Ch 1:36; Gn 36:15 cf. v 42 = 1 Ch 1:53, and father of Othniel Jos 15:17; Ju 1:13; 3:9, 11; 1 Ch 4:13, 15 (v. BuRS 9 MeyEntstehung 115f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְנַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7073/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.42/)

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אַלּ֥וּף קְנַ֛ז אַלּ֥וּף תֵּימָ֖ן אַלּ֥וּף מִבְצָֽר׃

*Word for word:* chief Kenaz chief Teman chief Mibzar

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;

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[1 Chronicles 1:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.53/)

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אַלּ֥וּף קְנַ֛ז אַלּ֥וּף תֵּימָ֖ן אַלּ֣וּף מִבְצָֽר׃

*Word for word:* chief Kenaz chief Teman chief Mibzar

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;

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