Kenites

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• Kenites — One of the groups in Canaan before the Israelite occupation (Gen. 15:19), to which Moses wife s father belonged (Judg. 1:16). It has been suggested that the worship of Yahweh came to Israel from the Kenites. An association of Kenites with Israel… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Kenites —    Smiths, the name of a tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai. Jethro was of this tribe (Judg. 1:16). He is called a Midianite (Num. 10:29), and hence it is concluded that the Midianites and the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Kenites —    A tribe of nomadic smiths in biblical times living in Judah who appear on a map in at least one book in circulation. They are, however, unrelated to the Romany Gypsies …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Kenite — Kenites or Cinites (  /ˈkiːn …   Wikipedia

• KENITE — (Heb. קֵינִי), a large group of nomadic clans engaged chiefly in metal working. The root qyn has the same meaning in cognate Semitic languages, e.g., in Arabic qayna, tinsmith, craftsman ; in Syriac and Aramaic qyn h, qyny, metalsmith. In the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• RECHABITES — (Heb. בְּנֵי הָרֵכָבִים), a small religious sect first identified as such in Jeremiah 35 in an incident dated in the reign of jehoiakim , but tracing their descent to Jonadab son of Rechab, who was a contemporary of jehu (II Kings 10:15–17 where… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Kenite — ▪ ancient people       member of a tribe of itinerant metalsmiths related to the Midianites and the Israelites who plied their trade while traveling in the region of the Arabah (the desert rift valley extending from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf …   Universalium

• AMALEKITES — (Heb.עֲמָלֵק), people of the Negev and the adjoining desert, a hereditary enemy of Israel from wilderness times to the early monarchy (Exod. 17:8–16; Judg. 3:13; 6:3; 10:12; I Sam. 14:48; ch. 15; ch. 30). Amalek, a son of Esau s son Eliphaz (Gen …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Rechabite — Rechabites the descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites, who accompanied the children of Israel into the holy land, and dwelt among them. Moses married a Kenite wife, [Judges 1:16] and Jael was the wife of… …   Wikipedia

• Rechabites — Réchabites Les réchabites sont une secte juive fondée, sous le règne de Jéhu, par Jonadab (ou Jehonadab), fils de Réchab. Ils appartenaient aux Kénites, qui accompagnèrent les fils d Israël en Palestine, et se fixèrent parmi eux. Moïse épousa une …   Wikipédia en Français