Atlas Biblica

    name · 2 people

    Cainan

    2 people in the registry answer to the name Cainan. One of them is named otherwise and called Cainan in the text.

    01 — Candidates

    Which Cainan

    Ordered by how often the text names each one, the entities called Cainan before those that answer to it. Where two read the same, the registry says no more than that — the first reference is what separates them.

    1. Cainanperson

      First named in Luke 3:36 · one verse

      Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, was an ancestor of Jesus Christ according to Luke's genealogy.STEPBible TIPNR

    2. Kenanperson

      First named in Genesis 5:9 · 7 verses

      Kenan (Cainan), the son of Enosh, was a descendant of Seth and an ancestor of Noah.STEPBible TIPNR

      Called Cainan in the text; named Kenan.

    02 — Elsewhere

    Every one of them, and the rest

    A name page answers one question and ends here, so the routes out are the indexes the candidates came from.

    IndexPeopleEvery person in Atlas Biblica, most connected first.IndexShared namesEvery name in the registry carried by more than one person, place or group.