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kē´nez-ı̄t (×§× ×–Ö¼×™, kÌ£enizzı̄; Κενεζαῖος, Kenezaı̄os): the King James Version in and the Revised Version (British and American) uniformly, spell “Kenizzite.†The Kenezites were the clan whose name-father was KENAZ (which see). Their land, along with that of their Canaanite tribes, was promised to Abram (). To this clan belonged Jephunneh, the father of Caleb (; , ). It had evidently been absorbed by the tribe of Judah. If the Kenezites went down with Jacob into Egypt, they may have become identified with his family there.