What is "kenan"

Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kainan or Cainan) ) was a Biblical patriarch first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Book of Genesis as living before the Great Flood. He is also mentioned in the Genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36-37.

A second, postdiluvian Cainan is mentioned in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Book of Genesis, in the Book of Jubilees and in the Genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3.

According to Genesis 5:9-14, Kenan was a son of Enosh and a grandson of Seth. Born when Enosh was ninety years old, Kenan fathered Mahalalel when he was seventy. Other sons and daughters were born to Kenan before he died at 910 years of age.

According to the Book of Jubilees, Kenan's mother was Noam, wife and sister of Enosh; and Kenan's wife, Mualeleth, was his sister.

Kenan is a predominantly Bosnian and Turkish masculine given name. It is also an archaic spelling of the Irish name Conan or Welsh Cynan.

It may refer to:

• Kenan Evren (1917–2015), Turkish president
• Kenan Erim (1929–1990), Turkish archaeologist
• Kenan Doğulu (born 1974), Turkish singer
• Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (born 1974), Turkish actor
• Kenan Işik (born 1947), Turkish actor
• Kənan Kərimov (born 1976), Azerbaijani footballer
• Kenan Özer (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Kenan Şahin (born 1984), Turkish-German footballer
• Kenan Şimşek (born 1968), Turkish Olympian sport wrestler and oil wrestler
• Kenan Sipahi (born 1995), Turkish basketball player
• Kenan Sofuoğlu (born 1983), Turkish motorcycle racer
• Kenan Thompson (born 1978), American actor and comedian
• Kenan Horić, Bosnian footballer
• Kenan Kodro, Bosnian footballer

Kenan was a patriarch mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

Kenan may also refer to:

• Kenan (name)
• Cianán (fl. 489), Irish saint
• Kenan Institute for Ethics, ethics institute
• Kenan Systems, billing software systems company acquired by Lucent and later by Comverse