Lexical Definition

‎נוֹד‎ Nôwd (node) Nod ^N:N--L
the same as ‎נוֹד‎; vagrancy

Nod.

• § Nod = ""wandering"
• Nod, the land of Cain

1) land to which Cain fled or wandered after the murder of Abel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎נוֺד‎ apparently proper name, of a territory ‎׳‎‎ארץנֿ‎ Gen 4:16 of region into which Cain wandered (compare vGen 4:12 vGen 4:14); ᵐ5 (strangely) Ναιδ; ᵑ9 appellative, profugus in terra, compare Symm Theod, see Ne^{Marg. 9}.

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Near Eden • The land where Cain settled after killing Abel

Nod was the land east of Eden where Cain settled after he was banished for killing his brother Abel.

• A location only mentioned at Gen.4.16;
• only referred to as Nod נוֹד.
  

Nod was the land where Cain settled after he was banished by God for murdering his brother Abel (Gen. 4:16). The name "Nod" means "wandering," reflecting Cain's status as a fugitive and wanderer on the earth (Gen. 4:12, 14). The land of Nod was located to the east of Eden, but its precise location is not specified in the Bible. It is described as a place of exile, away from the presence of God and the rest of human society at that time.

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