All the Men of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer & Herbert Lockyer

Author:Herbert Lockyer & Herbert Lockyer [Lockyer, Herbert]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2016-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

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KADMIEL [Kădʹ mĭ el]—GOD IS OF OLD.

1. A Levite and head of a tribal family which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:40; Neh. 7:43).

2. A Judahite who assisted in the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezra 3:9).

3. A Levite who led the devotions of the people (Neh. 9:4, 5; 10:9; 12:8, 24).

KALLAI [Kălʹ la ī]—JEHOVAH IS LIGHT or SWIFT. A priest, and head of his father’s house of Sallai in the line of Joiakim the high priest (Neh. 12:20).

KAREAH, CAREAH [Kā rēʹ ah, Cā rēʹ ah]—BALD. The father of Johanan, a captain of the Jews when Gedaliah was governor of Jerusalem II Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8, 13).

KEDAR [Kēʹdär]—POWERFUL. One of the sons of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar (Gen. 25:13; I Chron. 1:29). Also name of the tribe which sprang from Kedar (Ps. 120:5).

KEDEMAH [Kĕdʹ e mah]—EASTERN. Youngest son of Ishmael and head of a tribal family (Gen. 25:15; I Chron. 1:31).

KEILAH [Kēiʹ lah]—ENCLOSED. A descendant of Caleb, son of Jephunneh (I Chron. 4:19). Also the name of a city in Judah (Josh. 15:44).

KELAIAH—[Kē lāʹ iah]—JEHOVAH IS LIGHT. A Levite who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:23). Also called Kelita.

KELITA [Kĕlʹ ĭ tă]—DWARF or POVERTY.

1. Same as Kelaiah (Ezra 10:23), see above.

2. A priest who explained the Law when read by Ezra (Neh. 8:7).

3. A Levite who sealed the covenant made by Nehemiah (Neh. 10:10).

KEMUEL [Kē mūʹ el]—CONGREGATION OF GOD or GOD STANDS.

1. The third son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, and head of a branch of Aramaeans (Gen. 22:21).

2. A prince of the tribe of Ephraim and a commissioner for the allotment of Canaan (Num. 34:24)

3. A Levite, the father of Hashabiah, ruler of the Levites in David’s time (I Chron. 27:17).

KENAN [Kēʹ nan]—ONE ACQUIRED or BEGOTTEN. The son of Enosh, the grandson of Adam (I Chron. 1:2). Called Cainan in Genesis 5:9.

KENAZ, KENEZ [Kēʹ năz]—THIS POSSESSION or HUNTING.

1. The fourth son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:11, 15; I Chron. 1:36).

2. A duke of Edom, chieftain in Mount Seir. Perhaps the same as No. 1 (Gen. 36:42; I Chron. 1:53).

3. The brother of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and father of Othniel, one of Israel’s judges (Josh. 15:17; Judg. 1:13; 3:9, 11; I Chron. 4:13).

4. A grandson of Caleb the son of Jephunneh (I Chron. 4:15). For Kenezites or Kenizzites see Genesis 15:19 and Joshua 14:6, 14.

KEROS [Kēʹ ros]—THE REED OF A WEAVER’S BEAM. One of the Nethinims whose descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:44; Neh. 7:47).

KIRJATH-JEARIM [Kûrʹ jath-jēʹ a rĭm]—CITY OF FORESTS. The name of tribal appellation of a descendant of Caleb, son of Hur (I Chron. 2:50–53). Also name of a city of Judah (Josh. 9:17).

KISH, CIS [Kĭsh, Cĭs]—POWER or STRAW.

1. A. Benjamite, a son of Abiel and father of Saul, Israel’s first king (I Sam. 9:1, 3; 10:11, 21). Called Cis in Acts 13:21.

2. Son of Abi-gibeon, a Benjamite (I Chron. 8:30; 9:36).

3. A Levite in David’s time, of the family of Merari and the house of Mahli (I Chron.

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