This article is about references in the Hebrew Bible. For the Israeli novelist, see
Yehoshua Kenaz. For the rune, see
Kaunan.
Kenaz (
Hebrew: קְנָזQənāz, "hunter") is the name of several persons in the
Hebrew Bible.
A son of
Eliphaz, and a grandson of
Esau. He was an
Edomite leader. (
Genesis 36:11, 15, 42). He may have been the ancestor of the
Kenezites.
Caleb's younger brother, and father of
Othniel (
Book of Joshua 15:17;
Book of Judges 1:13;
1 Chronicles 4:13), whose
Judahite family was of importance in Israel down to the time of
David (1 Chronicles 27:15). Nothing more is said of Kenaz in the Hebrew Bible, but
Pseudo-Philo (written c. AD 70) makes this Kenaz the first judge of Israel after
Joshua, and includes several chapters of narrative about his supposed judgeship of 57 years.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
This article is about references in the Hebrew Bible. For the Israeli novelist, see
Yehoshua Kenaz. For the rune, see
Kaunan.
Kenaz (
Hebrew: קְנָזQənāz, "hunter") is the name of several persons in the
Hebrew Bible.
A son of
Eliphaz, and a grandson of
Esau. He was an
Edomite leader. (
Genesis 36:11, 15, 42). He may have been the ancestor of the
Kenezites.
Caleb's younger brother, and father of
Othniel (
Book of Joshua 15:17;
Book of Judges 1:13;
1 Chronicles 4:13), whose
Judahite family was of importance in Israel down to the time of
David (1 Chronicles 27:15). Nothing more is said of Kenaz in the Hebrew Bible, but
Pseudo-Philo (written c. AD 70) makes this Kenaz the first judge of Israel after
Joshua, and includes several chapters of narrative about his supposed judgeship of 57 years.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.