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    Kenan

    Pronounced KEE-nun

    boy
    ✓ In the King James Bible — Yes — Kenan appears in the King James Bible; the passages below give the context.
    Meaning
    "Possession; Smith; Fixed"
    Origin
    Hebrew

    Kenan (Cainan) was the great-grandson of Adam and an ancestor of Noah. He lived 910 years and is part of the unbroken genealogical chain from creation to Christ. Kenan represents the faithfulness of God across immense stretches of time.

    Spiritual meaning

    Kenan represents the long faithfulness of God — sustaining His purposes across centuries through ordinary people in an unbroken chain.

    Related verses (KJV)

    • "And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel."

      Genesis 5:9-14 (KJV) →

    • "Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan."

      Luke 3:37 (KJV) →
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