Qeyni means “Kenite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7017 קֵינִי קִינִי (Qeyniy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Qeyniy (kay-nee') (or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2) adj. 1. a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin [patronymic from H7014] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include kenite. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Qeyniy (kay-nee') (or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2) adj. 1. a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin [patronymic from H7014] KJV: Kenite. Root(s): H7014
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Kenite
Usage: Ancestors of Heber (H2268H) or Hobab (H2246), first mentioned at Gen.15.19 Also named: qa.yin (קַ֫יִן "Kenite" H7014) § Kenite = "smiths" the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Qeyniy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7017.
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7017, grouped by book.
Qeyni (Strong's H7017) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Kenite". Qeyniy (kay-nee') (or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2) adj. 1. a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin [patronymic from H7014]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H7017 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7017 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as kenite. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.