Word Study · Strong's H7064 · Hebrew
קֵן
qen
kane
Strong's 1890 spelling: qên
“a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
Rendered in the KJV as
nest, room.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- קִנּ֔וֹ2
- כַקֵּ֤ן׀1
- קֵ֥ן1
- קֵ֣ן1
- קַן־1
- קִנָּ֑הּ1
- קִנּֽוֹ׃1
- קִנִּ֣י1
- קִנִּ֖ים1
- קִנֶּ֔ךָ1
- קִנֶּ֑ךָ1
- קִנֶּֽךָ׃1
How it is rendered · 8
- nest its3
- nest your3
- a nest2
- a nest of1
- like the nest1
- nest his1
- nest my1
- nests1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HNcmsa · 2
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis1 occurrence
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 22:6קַן־kan-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.here: a nest of
- Deuteronomy 32:11קִנּ֔וֹkinonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.here: nest its
Job2 occurrences
- Job 29:18קִנִּ֣יkininoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.here: nest my
- Job 39:27קִנּֽוֹ׃kinonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDoes the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?here: nest its
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 10:14כַקֵּ֤ן׀khakenpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularMy hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”here: like the nest
- Isaiah 16:2קֵ֣ןkennoun · masculine singularLike fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:here: a nest