Kinah
“Elegy, or lamentation”
Summary
A city in the extreme south of Judah near the border of Edom, possibly connected with the Kenite settlements in that region.
☩Location and Identity
Kinah was a city in the extreme southern portion of Judah's territory, near the border of Edom, mentioned in the list of cities between Jagur and Dimonah. The site was likely within the area later assigned to the tribe of Simeon, whose territory was carved out of Judah's southern region. The name means "elegy" or "dirge," though some scholars suggest it may derive from the Kenites (qeniy), the nomadic tribe related to Moses who later settled in this southern district. Despite being mentioned in the Onomasticon of Eusebius and Jerome, the actual location of Kinah has not been definitively identified by modern scholars.
Related Verses1 mention
Joshua· 1 verse
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Kinah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. V (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Kinah," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.George Morrish, "Kinah," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Kinah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).