The name of a tribe referred to in the covenant God made with Abraham ( Genesis 15:19 ). They are not mentioned among the original inhabitants of Canaan ( Exodus 3:8 ; Joshua 3:10 ), and probably they inhabited some part of Arabia, in the confines of Syria. A designation given to Caleb (RSV, Numbers 32:12 ; A.V., Kenezite).
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)