{
  "id": "dict_003098",
  "term": "Kenath",
  "slug": "kenath",
  "letter": "K",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "An ancient town in Bashan east of the Jordan River, associated with Israel’s Transjordan settlement and with Nobah’s capture of the site.",
  "simple_one_line": "Kenath was a town in Bashan east of the Jordan.",
  "tooltip_text": "A biblical place-name in Bashan, linked to Nobah’s conquest and Israel’s eastern tribal territory.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Bashan",
    "Nobah",
    "Havvoth-jair",
    "Transjordan",
    "Manasseh"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Geography of the Bible",
    "East of the Jordan",
    "Joshua"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Kenath is a biblical town in Bashan, east of the Jordan River, remembered for its association with Nobah and Israel’s Transjordan history.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Kenath was an ancient town in the Bashan region east of the Jordan.\nIt appears in connection with Nobah’s conquest and later tribal history in eastern Israel.\nIt is a geographic location, not a doctrinal term.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Location: Bashan, east of the Jordan",
    "Biblical setting: Transjordan settlement",
    "Notable association: Nobah’s capture of the town",
    "Type: place-name, not a theological concept"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Kenath is an Old Testament place-name for a town in Bashan east of the Jordan River. It appears in the context of Israel’s occupation of Transjordan and is associated with Nobah’s capture of the site. The entry should be treated as a geographical term rather than a theological category.",
  "description_academic_full": "Kenath is mentioned in the Old Testament as a town in the region of Bashan, east of the Jordan River. Numbers 32:42 associates the site with Nobah, who captured Kenath and named it after himself, while 1 Chronicles 2:23 places it within the wider setting of eastern tribal and territorial history. Scripture presents Kenath as a location within Israel’s historical geography, not as a doctrinal or theological concept. For dictionary purposes, it should be classified as a biblical place-name.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Kenath appears in passages dealing with the territorial arrangements east of the Jordan. Its mention fits the broader narrative of Israel settling and organizing the land conquered or occupied in the Transjordan region.",
  "background_historical_context": "Kenath belonged to the Bashan area, a region known in the Old Testament for fortified towns and pasturelands east of the Jordan. Its biblical notices reflect the historical memory of Israel’s eastern holdings and tribal expansion.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient readers would have recognized Kenath as part of the settled landscape of Bashan and the Transjordan, an area tied to tribal inheritance and conquest traditions rather than to later theological reflection.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Numbers 32:42",
    "1 Chronicles 2:23"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Deuteronomy 3:4–5",
    "Joshua 13:30–31"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The Hebrew form likely preserves an ancient place-name associated with the Bashan region; the Bible uses it as a geographic designation.",
  "theological_significance": "Kenath has no direct doctrinal significance, but it supports the Bible’s historical reliability by anchoring Israel’s story in real places and territorial settings.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a place-name, Kenath illustrates that Scripture often communicates theology through history and geography. The value of such entries lies in the concrete setting they provide for biblical events.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not treat Kenath as a theological doctrine or symbolic term. Its significance is historical and geographical, and its exact modern identification is uncertain.",
  "major_views_note": "The main issue is identification rather than interpretation: Kenath is widely treated as a biblical town in Bashan, though its exact archaeological location is not certain.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Kenath should not be used to support speculative doctrine, allegory, or hidden meanings. It is a place-name within the biblical historical record.",
  "practical_significance": "Kenath helps readers trace Israel’s settlement east of the Jordan and better understand the geographic realism of the Old Testament.",
  "meta_description": "Kenath was an ancient town in Bashan east of the Jordan, linked to Nobah’s conquest and Israel’s Transjordan history.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/kenath/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/kenath.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}