Tubal-cain
Americannoun
noun
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Siegfried at work falls to lusty singing, a song of primitive character, of a kind with what one can suppose Tubal-cain singing at his ancient anvil.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
The two wives of Lamech, Adah and Zillah, bore him each two children, Adah two sons, Jabal and Jubal, and Zillah a son, Tubal-cain, and a daughter, Naamah.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
His sons, Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain, and his daughter Naamah 266-268.
From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by Lenker, John Nicholas
Tubal-cain was rightly named, for he completed the work of his ancestor Cain.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
Noema, sister of Tubal-cain, found first the craft of diverse texture.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
