Cain name meaning, origin, fate, character, nationality, name day, famous people

• May 19, 2019
• Meaning
• Kira Ifeevskaya

In our article we will tell you about the meaning of the name Cain. We will also touch on its biblical interpretation. Such information will be useful to parents who want to name their baby this name.

Biblical interpretation

Names are always important in the Bible. They talk about the character of the child, as well as the events surrounding his birth. The meaning of the names Cain and Abel is interpreted differently. The first comes from the Hebrew root “kana”, meaning “recipient”, “property”. The name Abel comes from the word “gaval” and means “breath.” We can say that the essence of these individuals is reflected in their names.

Cain is a person who strives to acquire something. He is firmly connected to the earth, lives mainly with carnal concerns. Abel is a man of spirit. He is not tied to the earth at all.

It is possible that the conflict between the brothers is outlined by these names. That is, the struggle of flesh and spirit. Another interpretation is the conflict between the “children of God” and the “children of the devil.”

Links

• from Arphaxad to Jacob	Arfaksad · (Kainan) · Salah · Eber · Peleg · Raghav · Seruch · Nahor · Terah · Abraham · Isaac · Jacob
  from Judah to David	Judah · Perez · Hezrom · Aram · Aminadab · Nahshon · Salmon · Boaz · Obed · Jesse · David

The name is Cain. Its description and meaning

We have dealt with the biblical interpretation. Now let's move on directly to considering the general meaning of the name Cain. Children with this name are sociable, cheerful, quickly make contact, and easily make new acquaintances. In adulthood, they do not change radically, only the ability to think becomes better. People named Cain give preference to long-term relationships rather than immediate gains. This rule applies to both personal and business life.

As a rule, those with the name Cain carefully look after themselves and their bodies. They look young for quite a long time, even when the age in the passport indicates otherwise.

What color and metal suits the name Cain, the meaning of which we are considering? White color. If we talk about metal, then it is silver.

The name Cain also has talisman stones. These include: garnet, tavorite, moldavite, shell rock, brown tourmaline, smoky quartz, tanzanite and others.

King of the Underworld

By the middle of the 18th century, the Mother See turned into a “kingdom of thieves.” The gangs began to hone a common rite of passage and a jargon that only they could understand. At night the streets became more dangerous than the front line. Wealthy townspeople were not saved by fences, bolts, or strong walls of their own houses. Every Moscow morning began with the ringing of numerous temple bells and... with the identification of corpses.

Their rich harvest was collected at night by law enforcement officers, transported on creaking carts to busy intersections in the center of Moscow and laid out for public viewing. The public flocked, became frightened, crossed themselves and hid. And the gangs multiplied like cockroaches and grew like mycelium. The ravines that bore “telling” names—Bad, Sinful, Terrible—were filled to capacity with marginal waste.

So we can safely say that Ivan, the son of Osip, who later became Cain, appeared in the right place at the right time. With his assistance, the number of robbers increased almost 30 times. And he turned into the uncrowned king of the capital's underworld.

The meaning of the letters in the name

The name Cain consists of 4 letters, each of which has its own meaning. Let's get acquainted with them.

The letter “K” stands for insight, ambition, honesty and responsiveness, and “A” stands for initiative and creativity. The letter “I” is intelligence, passion, indecision, responsiveness and gloom. The letter “N” means conflict, sociability, talkativeness, diligence.

Notes

1. [bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Genesis&verse=4:22&src=NIV Genesis 4:22-4:22 NIV — Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who — Bible Gateway]
2. ↑ 12
   [www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8168/showrashi/true Bereishis, chapter 4]
3. [www.trinity-bris.ac.uk/gordon-wenham Gordon Wenham: Old Testament - Trinity College Bristol]
4. Gordon Wenham, Genesis 1-15 (Word, 1987), 113.
5. Henry M. Morris, The Genesis Record (Baker, 1976), 146.
6. T. C. Mitchell, "Tubal-cain," in New Bible Dictionary
   (IVF, 1962), 1302.
7. (August 30, 1941) "Tubal-Cain Acclaimed as Pioneer Chemist" (Society for Science & the Public).
8. Elwell Walter E.
   Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible. - Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1988. - P. 2109. - ISBN 0-810-3447-7.
9. E. E. Kellett (1922), "[ext.sagepub.com/cgi/pdf_extract/33/9/426-a Some Old Testament Notes and Queries]", Expository Times
   Vol. 33: 426,

Characteristics of the name

Continuing to talk about the meaning of the name Cain, I would like to say that people with this name are characterized by extremes. They react negatively to criticism. It usually causes irritation and a rude reaction.

A person named Cain has a strong character, he is happy to help others, not considering such actions as a sign of weakness. Usually he is friendly towards everything that happens. The person is always happy to have guests, is a good friend and an excellent specialist in his work.

Why were the two brothers so different?

It’s strange that being born into the same family and having the same upbringing, the two sons were so different.

The text of the Bible says that at birth, every soul receives free will, and a person becomes what he wants to be . In order to become a good person and lead a righteous life, you need to work on yourself every second. Anyone who is overcome by laziness slides into the abyss of sins, from which it is then difficult to climb out.

Murder of Abel

Cain was blind in soul and lazy, waiting for luck and divine recognition, without doing anything for this, without working on his thoughts and soul. Sin was waiting for him at the door, and the eldest son gladly accepted it and kindled in his soul hatred for his younger brother. Envy and anger, having committed the first atrocity in the history of mankind - fratricide.

Additional articles:

• Eight deadly sins
• Prayer of repentance

Compatibility and expression in love

Love for a person named Cain is an everyday necessity. He shows tenderness and care towards his partner, sometimes even burdensome, bordering on obsessive servility.

Cain is easily vulnerable, suspicious and touchy. For no apparent reason, he often gets into a state of irritation. With a long absence of a partner, Cain develops a feeling of abandonment and uselessness. He begins to consider himself unhappy.

In order for the union to be harmonious and long-lasting, you need to find a person who will appreciate touching affection and selfless devotion.

The following names are suitable for Cain: Nika, Kira, Angelina, Anastasia, Zlata and Anna.

What happened: the history of the conflict

After their fall, Eve and Adam were returned to earth, and in order to survive they needed to cultivate the land, engage in animal husbandry and other labor. The family tried to live according to the commandments of God, wanting to regain the kingdom of heaven.

Over time, they had two sons, Abel and Cain, who also tried throughout their lives to please the Almighty. Abel was engaged in cattle breeding, and the eldest son grew plants.

The sons of Eve made sacrifices to the Creator, wanting to appease Him and receive His mercy, the farmer threw a bunch of fresh ears of corn into the fire, and Abel threw a lamb. The Lord saw the sincere faith of Abel, who often prayed and always lived with faith in his soul. Therefore, the Creator accepted the sacrifice of the younger brother, but ignored the older one .

Abel and Cain make sacrifices to the Creator

Cain lived with pride in his soul and began to envy Abel and his luck. Every day the elder brother hated his blood younger brother more and more. The Creator tried to reason with the sinner, instill in him good thoughts and love in his heart. But the anger was stronger, and the eldest son killed the youngest, bringing grief to his parents by this act. The eldest son was blind from his hatred and was sure that no one knew about his act, and in this he was wrong.

The Almighty sees everything. God asked Cain, “Where is your brother?”, to which the sinner replied: “How should I know? I am not his shepherd.” With this question, the Creator gave the sinner a chance to repent. Any murder is a sin, but shedding the blood of a brother is doubly sinful.

Apparently, the feeling of anger clouded Cain’s mind so much that it did not even occur to him that there was no place in the world where he could hide from the eyes of the all-seeing God. There were no people nearby at that terrible moment, but the Spirit of God was invisibly present.

The Creator decided to punish Eve's eldest son for this behavior:

• sent him away from his family to live in a foreign country;
• branded him with the mark of a killer so that all the people around would know who they were dealing with;
• Not for a second did Cain suffer the pangs of conscience for what he had done; he could not find peace of mind.

The killer spent the rest of his life far from his family and constantly thought about how he shed the innocent blood of his loved one. Cain continued to grow crops.

The parents of their sons were very sad and at first did not know what had happened, but the insidious devil laid out everything in detail before Eve. The woman did not know how to console herself and how to live on. From this story, the greatest grief in the world descended on humanity - the loss of a loved one.

The grief of Adam and Eve

The Creator took pity on Eve and gave her another child, who after birth was named Seth.

Important! This story is instructive for many people; no one has the right to take away the life from a person that God himself gave him! Anyone who has committed such a sin will suffer in soul for the rest of his earthly life and after it.

Cain killed his half-brother out of envy of his luck, for which he paid. The Almighty turned away from the killer and forced him to wander the planet and suffer from remorse.

Made his way into the people

Having been legalized, Vanka settles in a luxurious house in the most prestigious place in Moscow - Zaryadye. Acquires elaborate decor and “foreign furniture.” He shoves icons in precious frames into the corners. And in the most prominent place he places the parsuna of Peter I, for whom the poor Osipov had a special weakness. In the private wing there is a curiosity - a billiard room. The dress is according to the latest fashion. There are curls on the head in fine powder. On his finger is an expensive ring with a diamond that retired auditor of the Moscow fleet V.A. Milyukov “threw away” and lost to Cain.

The end of Cain's freemen

Alarming news began to reach St. Petersburg, and in the fall of 1749, the Empress sent Chief of Police General A.D. Tatishchev to the Mother See to “deal with the thieves.”

A devoted comrade-in-arms of Peter I, who knew “Lisaveta” from the cradle, was known as a man who was tough to kill. He considered branding an effective method of fighting crime. And he even invented a sophisticated device for this execution. When someone asked him a question - “What to do with this mark if a person reforms?” - he suggested burning a negative particle “not” in front of the word “thief”.

As soon as he got down to business, Tatishchev almost drowned in denunciations against Ivan Osipov. And when he got to the point of kidnapping the 15-year-old daughter of “retired serviceman” Taras Zevakin for carnal pleasures, after which the girl disappeared, he ordered to “rip out the adversary’s joints.”

And Vanka spoke. So much so that the former orderly of Peter I, who had seen a lot, almost had an apoplexy. Stunned by the scale of corruption, Tatishchev sent a petition to the Northern Capital to create a special commission on the “Osipov Case”. The case dragged on for 6 years, until in 1755 the court rendered a verdict - flogged, wheeled, beheaded. But in February 1756, the Senate commuted the sentence. Cain was given whips, his nostrils were torn out, and he was branded with the word V.O.R. and was sent to hard labor - first to the Baltic Rogervik, from there to Siberia. Where he died.

But for many years the psalters carried the pitiful “songs of Cain” throughout wide Rus'. “Don’t make noise, mother, green oak grove” still brings tears to the eyes of lovers of the pitiful thieves’ song.

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