Bible Person
Meaning: this purchase; this lamentation · Male · 5 cross references
Kenaz is the relative of Caleb and the father of Othniel and Seraiah in the Judahite-Kenizzite line. He stands behind the family from which the first judge, Othniel, emerges. First appears in Josh 15:17.1
AI summary: Kenaz matters because the cross references place him at the root of a line marked by courage, conquest, and later judicial leadership. Through Othniel in particular, his family becomes one of the earliest bearers of deliverance in Israel after the settlement of the land. Even where the exact kinship wording is debated, the family significance is clear. Taken together, the material presents Kenaz as an important ancestral figure in the line that produces Othniel.1
Central Figure
Kenaz
Meaning: this purchase; this lamentation
Caleb’s younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh.
Caleb’s younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh. 15:17), whose family was of importance in Israel down to the time of David (1 Chr. 27:15). Some think that Othniel (Judg. 1:13), and not Kenaz, was Caleb’s brother. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.