cain

Speech parts

1. cain - Noun

2. Cain - Proper noun

Meaning

(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God

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Synonyms

murderer fratricide judas rat cayenne keen Kenya cane orphaned kain Kean betrayer Klein traitor Kane
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Antonyms

peacekeeper dove peacemaker civilian allies citizen
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Phrases with the word

with the mark of cain

Anagrams

inca cinA NACI Naic NIAC Nica

Examples

God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast. Ambrose

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain. Abraham Cowley

Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom; Not made him wander, but continued him home. John Cleveland

The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war. African Spir

Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young. Charles Mackay

Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain's children: thy will be done. You have allowed men's hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done. Jean-Paul Sartre

Close letter words and terms

caimanine caimitillo caimito Cainamero Caine caingin