Im AT ältester Sohn Adams u. Evas, erschlug seinen Bruder Abel.
in der bibl. Überlieferung erster Sohn Adams und Evas; erschlägt seinen Bruder Abel. Das Kainszeichen, nach 1. Mose 4,15 ein von Jahwe gemachtes Schutzzeichen am Mörder K., gilt sprichwörtl. als Fluchzeichen.
Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God.
In the Old Testament, the first-born son of Adam and Eve. Motivated by jealousy, he murdered his brother Abel because the latter's sacrifice was more acceptable to God than his own.