KENIZZITES
Eth.
KENIZZITES (Eth.
Κεναζαῖοι, LXX.), a Canaanitish tribe. (
Gen. 15.19.) Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, is called a Kenezite (
Num. 32.12;
Josh. 14.6), and Othniel, his younger brother, is also called a son of Kenaz. (
Judg. 1.13, 3.9; comp.
Josh. 15.17; 1
Chron. 4.13.) Another branch of this race are referred to the Edomites. (
Gen 36.11; Winer, s.v. Ritter,
Erdkunde, vol. xv. p. 138; Ewald,
Gesch. des Volkes Israel. vol. i. p. 338.)
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