Kartah
City, a town in the tribe of Zebulun assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 21:34). It is identical with Kattath (19:15), and perhaps also with Kitron (Judg. 1:30).
Kartan
Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 21:32). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with …
Kattath
(Josh. 19:15), a town of Asher, has been identified with Kana el Jelil. (See CANA.)
Kedar
Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:13). It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally (Isa. 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:21), who dwelt in the north-…
Kedemah
Eastward, the last-named of the sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15).
Kedemoth
Beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 13:18). It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea.
Kedesh
Sanctuary. (1.) A place in the extreme south of Judah (Josh. 15:23). Probably the same as Kadesh-barnea (q.v.). (2.) A city of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:72). Possibly Tell Abu Kadeis, near Lejjun. (3.) A “f…
Kedron
The valley, now quite narrow, between the Mount of Olives and Mount Moriah. The upper part of it is called the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The LXX., in 1 Kings 15:13, translate “of the cedar.” The word me…
Keeper
KEEP'ER, used for a shepherd, a jailer, an armor-bearer, a captain of the body-guard, keeper of the wardrobe, chief forester, gate- or door-guard, chief eunuch, vineyard-guard, sweeper of the temple,…
Kefr Kenna
[See Cana]
Kehelahath
a whole; a congregation
Kehelathah
Assembly, one of the stations of the Israelites in the desert (Num. 33:22, 23).
Keiiah
she that divides or cuts
Keilah
Citadel, a city in the lowlands of Judah (Josh. 15:44). David rescued it from the attack of the Philistines (1 Sam. 23:1-8); but the inhabitants proving unfaithful to him, in that they sought to deli…
Keilah The Garmite
apparently a descendant of the great Caleb. (1 Chronicles 4:19) There is no apparent connection with the town Keilah.
Kelaiah
(swift messenger of Jehovah) = Kelita. (Ezra 10:23)
Kelita
Dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Neh. 8:7; 10:10).
Kelitah
same as Kelaiah
Kemuel
Helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor (Gen. 22:21). (2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24). (3.) A Lev…
Kenah
buying; possession
Kenan
(possession) = Cainan, the son of Enos. (1 Chronicles 1:2)
Kenath
Possession, a city of Gilead. It was captured by Nobah, who called it by his own name (Num. 32:42). It has been identified with Kunawat, on the slopes of Jebel Hauran (Mount Bashan), 60 miles east fr…
Kenaz
Hunter. (1.) One of the sons of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. He became the chief of an Edomitish tribe (Gen. 36:11, 15, 42). (2.) Caleb’s younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh. 15:17), whose fami…
Kenezite
or Ken’izzite (descendant of Kenaz), (Genesis 15:19) an Edomitish tribe. (Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6,14)
Kenite
KEN'ITE (smith), a tribe of Midian, between Palestine and Sinai and east of the Gulf of Akabah. Their land was promised to Abraham. Gen 15:19. Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, was a Kenite. Jud 1:16. T…
Kenite, The
and Ken’ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai, east of the Gulf of Akabah. They were a branch of the larger nation of Midian,…
Kenites
Smiths, the name of a tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai. Jethro was of this tribe (Judg. 1:16). He is called a “Midianite” (Num. 10:29), and henc…
Kenizzite
(1.) The name of a tribe referred to in the covenant God made with Abraham (Gen. 15:19). They are not mentioned among the original inhabitants of Canaan (Ex. 3:8; Josh. 3:10), and probably they inhab…
Kenizzites
possession; purchase
Kerchief
Mentioned only Ezek. 13:18, 21, as an article of apparel or ornament applied to the head of the idolatrous women of Israel. The precise meaning of the word is uncertain. It appears to have been a lon…