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Kenite |
— BDB 884, KB 1098 |
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— non-Israelite
— name related to “forger” or “smith,” which could refer to metal working
or music (cf. Gen. 4:19-22)
— connected to the area of Sinai north to Hebron
— name connected to Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law (cf. Jdgs. 1:16; 4:11) |
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Kenizzite |
— BDB 889, KB 1114 |
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— relative of Jews
— a clan of Edom (cf. Gen. 15:19)
— lived in Negev
— possibly absorbed into Judah (cf. Num. 32:12; Jos. 14:6,14) |
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Kadmonite |
— BDB 870 II, KB 1071 II |
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— non-Israelite, possibly a descendant of Ishmael (cf. Gen. 25:15)
— name relates to “easterner”
— lived in Negev
— possibly related to “the men of the east” (cf. Job 1:3) |
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Hittite |
— BDB 366, KB 363 |
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— non-Israelite
— descendant of Heth
— from kingdom of Anatolia (Asia Minor, Turkey)
— were present very early in Canaan (cf. Genesis 23; Jos. 11:3) |
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Perizzite |
— BDB 827, KB 965 |
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— non-Israelite, possibly Hurrians
— lived in forested area of Judah (cf. Gen. 34:30; Jdgs. 1:4; 16:10) |
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Rephaim |
— BDB 952, KB 1274 |
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— non-Israelite, possibly giants (cf. Gen. 14:5; Num. 33:33; Deut. 2:10-11,20)
— lived on eastern bank of Jordan (cf. Gen. 15:20; Jos. 12:4; 13:12; Deut. 2:8-
11,20; 3:13) or western bank (cf. Jos. 15:8; 17:15; 2 Sam. 5:18,22; 23:13;
1 Chr. 20:4)
— line of warriors/heroes |
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Amorite |
— BDB 57, KB 67 |
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— northwestern Semitic people-group from Ham (cf. Gen. 10:16)
— became general designation for inhabitants of Canaan (cf. Gen. 15:16; Deut.
1:7; Jos. 10:5; 24:15; 2 Sam. 21:2)
— the name may mean “the west”
— the ISBE, vol. 1, p. 119, says the term denotes
a. the inhabitants of Palestine generally
b. the population of the hill country as opposed to the coastal plain
c. a specific people group with their own king |
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Canaanite |
— BDB 489, KB 485 |
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— from Ham (cf. Gen. 10:15)
— general designation of all the tribes in Canaan west of the Jordan
— meaning of Canaan uncertain, possibly “merchant” or “red-purple dye”
— as a people group they dwelt along the coastal plain (cf. Num. 13:29) |
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Girgashite |
— BDB 173, KB 202 |
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— from Ham (cf. Gen. 10:16) or at least “from a son of
[i.e., the country of] Canaan,” ISBE, vol. 2, p. 1232) |
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Jebusite |
— BDB 101, KB 382 |
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— from Ham (cf. Gen. 10:16)
— from city of Jebus/Salem/Jerusalem (cf. Jos. 15:63; Jdgs. 19:10)
— Ezek. 16:3,45 asserts they were a mixed race from Amorite and Hittite |
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Hivites |
— BDB 295, KB 297 |
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— from Ham (cf. Gen. 10:17)
— translated by LXX as Horite (cf. Gen. 34:2; 36:20-30; Jos. 9:7)
— possibly from the Hebrew word “cave,” therefore, cave dwellers
— they lived in the highlands of Lebanon (cf. Jos. 11:3; Jdgs. 3:3). In 2 Sam.
24:6-7 they are listed next to Tyre and Sidon |
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