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The Name Cain - Origin and Meaning of Cain
  



The Name Cain - Origin and Meaning of Cain


Gender

Masculine

Origin of the Name Cain

Hebrew

Usage of the Name Cain

Biblical

Meaning of the Name Cain

The name Cain means "produced, acquired" in Hebrew.

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In the Old Testament Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve, born after the Fall of Man. Cain killed his brother after God rejected his sacrifice but accepted Abel's.
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