Tubal-cain

American  

[too-buhl-keyn, tyoo-] / ˈtu bəlˌkeɪn, ˈtyu- /

Or Tubalcain

noun

1. the son of Lamech and Zillah: the progenitor of metalworkers. Genesis 4:22.

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Tubal-cain British  

/ ˈtjuːbəlˌkeɪn /

noun

1. Old Testament a son of Lamech, said in Genesis 4:22 to be the first artificer of metals

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Etymology

Origin of Tubal-cain

From Late Latin Thubalcain, from Greek Thóbal, from Hebrew Tūbhal-qayin “Tubal the smith,” equivalent to Tūbhal, a geographic and ethnic name of uncertain meaning + qayin “smith” in Hebrew and cognate languages

Example Sentences

He calls it Tubal-Cain, a name taken from a descendant of Cain found in Genesis in the Bible.

From Washington Times

From Genesis 4 the movie borrows the character of Tubal-Cain, “the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron.”

From Time

But Tubal-Cain is also something of a humanist, or at least a proponent of the idea that humanity, for all its cravenness and corruption, might be worth saving.

From New York Times

Noah stars Russell Crowe as the title character, with Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, his famously long-lived grandfather; Jennifer Connelly as his wife Naameh; and Ray Winstone as villain Tubal-Cain.

From The Guardian

The religious epic will also star Sir Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, Crowe's famously long-lived grandfather, with Jennifer Connelly as his wife Naameh and Ray Winstone as villain Tubal-Cain.

From The Guardian