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Meaning and etymology of the Greek name Cainan
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Cainan 
The occurrence of the name Cainan in Luke 3:36 as the son of Arpachshad is a bit of a mystery, albeit a contested one. The original genealogy of Genesis 11:13 does not contain this Cainan but the Septuagint does. Hence critics conclude that Luke used the flawed Septuagint and copied its mistakes into his gospel.
But, note others, this Cainan fellow only occurs in later versions of the Septuagint. Older copies follow the genealogy of Genesis accurately. And it's then concluded that both the Septuagint version that Luke used and Luke's original gospel never contained Cainan the son of Arpachshad, and this name was erroneously inserted into both at later dates.
Only when archeology and Scripture Theorists were able to determine which version was the oldest, was the original discovered, but up until this present day, the gospel of Luke contains an extra Cainan.
The gospel of Luke uses the same Greek spelling to write the name of Cainan the son of Arpachashad and Kenan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth (Luke 3:37; Genesis 5:9).
See Kenan for a look at the etymology and meaning of this name.
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