Cainan

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Cainan
     possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the
     eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his
     eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen.
     5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called
     Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).


     
       (2.) The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in
     the Old Testament. He is usually called the "second Cainan."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Cainan, possessor; purchaser