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Koine Greek wordlink #154985

SR GNT Yud 1:11 Κάϊν (Kain) ‘because in the way of Kain/(Qayin) they were gone and to the’ Strongs=25350 Lemma=kain
Word role=proper noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Person=Cain Year=66 AD

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Only use of identical word form Κάϊν (N-GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Κάϊν’ (N-GMS) is always and only glossed as ‘of Kain/(Qayin)’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Κάϊν’ (N-GMS) was always and only glossed as ‘of Cain’).

Yud (Jud) 1:11 ‘because in the way of Kain/(Qayin) they were gone and to the’ SR GNT Yud (Jud) 1:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 Woe to _them. Because they _were _gone in _the way of_ the _Kain/(Qayin), and they _were _poured _out to _the deception the of _Balaʼam/(Bilˊām) for _reward, and in _the controversy of_ the _Kore/(Qoraḩ) they _perished. (JDE_1:11)

OET-RV: 11 Oh dear! Because they’ve followed the actions of Cain and have embraced the deception of Balaam for monetary gain, so too they’ll perish like Korah’s destruction. (JDE 1:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kain’ have 2 different glosses: ‘of Kain/(Qayin)’, ‘Kain/(Qayin)’.

Key: N=noun GMS=genitive,masculine,singular