Kenite
qe.ni identifies Kenite people, households, and locations associated with them in Scripture.
The term functions as a gentilicial designation for Kenite people and their households or settlements. It appears in people lists, descriptions of family affiliation, and references to territory or cities associated with this group.
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Kenite group and its affiliated households or places · dominant
The masculine gentilic identifies a people group in a list in Genesis 15:19 and describes the sons of the Kenite settling among the people in Judges 1:16. It also marks Heber and his household in Judges 4:11 and Judges 4:17, while 1 Samuel 27:10 and 1 Samuel 30:29 place the designation in references to a Negeb area and cities associated with the group.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the designation as “Kenite” for an individual or group and “Kenites” for the plural in 1 Chronicles 2:55 and Judges 4:11. These renderings confirm the verses' group-identification context rather than define each form independently.