International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Kinah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Kinah


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kı̄´na (קידה, ḳı̄nāh): An unidentified town on the southern boundary of Judah, toward Edom (). The word ḳı̄nāh means “elegy,” “dirge,” “lament for the dead.” The name, however, may have been derived from the Kenites, קידי, who had settlements in the South (, etc.).