How to Pronounce Tubal-Cain

TOO-ball-CAIN

Tubal-Cain is pronounced TOO-ball-CAIN (ˈtuːbəlˈkeɪn): three syllables, stress on the first and third. Also heard: TOO-buhl-KAYN.

What does Tubal-Cain mean?

Tubal-Cain means “worldly possession; possessed of confusion”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Tubal-Cain?

The son of Lamech and Zillah, “an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron” (Gen. 4:22; R.V., “the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron”).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

TOO-buhl-KAYN

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