Word Study · Strong's H7065 · Hebrew
קָנָא
qana
kaw-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qânâʼ
“to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Rendered in the KJV as
(be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
- 34occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 34 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- וַיְקַנְא֣וּ2
- וְקִנֵּ֣א2
- יְקַנֵּ֣א2
- קַנֹּ֨א2
- קִנֵּ֜אתִי2
- קִנֵּ֥אתִי2
- תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א2
- תְּ֭קַנֵּא2
- אַקְנִיאֵ֣ם1
- בְּקַנְא֥וֹ1
- בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ1
- הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥א1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 23
- you be jealous4
- and he will be jealous of3
- I am jealous3
- because was zealous he2
- certainly to be zealous2
- I have been zealous2
- they made jealous him2
- ¿ zealous1
- and he became jealous1
- and I will be zealous1
- and she was jealous1
- and they envied1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 18
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular6
- Hc/Vpw3mp4
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular4
- Hc/Vpq3ms3
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolute2
- Hc/Vpq1cs1
- Hc/Vpw3fs1
- Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3ms1
- Hc/Vpw3ms1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpp1cs · 6
- Hc/Vpw3mp · 4
- HVpj2ms · 4
- Hc/Vpq3ms · 3
- HR/Vpcc/Sp3ms · 2
- HVhi3mp/Sp3ms · 2
- HVpaa · 2
- Hc/Vpq1cs · 1
- Hc/Vpw3fs · 1
- Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3ms · 1
- Hc/Vpw3ms · 1
- HTd/Vhrmsa · 1
All 34, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 26:14וַיְקַנְא֥וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mpHe owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.here: and they envied
- Genesis 30:1וַתְּקַנֵּ֥אvatekane'Hc/Vpw3fsWhen Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.here: and she was jealous
- Genesis 37:11וַיְקַנְאוּ־vaykanu-Hc/Vpw3mpAnd his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.here: and they were jealous
Numbers6 occurrences
- Numbers 5:14וְקִנֵּ֥אvekine'Hc/Vpq3msand if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—here: and he will be jealous of
- Numbers 5:14וְקִנֵּ֣אvekine'Hc/Vpq3msand if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—here: and he will be jealous of
- Numbers 5:30וְקִנֵּ֣אvekine'Hc/Vpq3msor when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.here: and he will be jealous of
- Numbers 11:29הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥אhamkane'question particle + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”here: ¿ zealous
- Numbers 25:11בְּקַנְא֥וֹbekanopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.here: because was zealous he
- Numbers 25:13קִנֵּא֙kine'verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIt will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”here: he was zealous
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 32:16יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּyakniuhuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThey provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.here: they made jealous him
- Deuteronomy 32:21קִנְא֣וּנִיkinuniverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThey have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.here: they have made jealous me
- Deuteronomy 32:21אַקְנִיאֵ֣םʾakniemverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.here: I will make jealous them
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 14:22וַיְקַנְא֣וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mpAnd Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.here: and they made jealous
- 1 Kings 19:10קַנֹּ֨אkano'verb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolute“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”here: certainly to be zealous
- 1 Kings 19:10קִנֵּ֜אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”here: I have been zealous
- 1 Kings 19:14קַנֹּ֨אkano'verb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolute“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”here: certainly to be zealous
- 1 Kings 19:14קִנֵּ֜אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”here: I have been zealous
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 37:1תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.here: you be jealous
- Psalms 73:3קִ֭נֵּאתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularFor I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.here: I was jealous
- Psalms 78:58יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃yakniuhuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThey enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.here: they made jealous him
- Psalms 106:16וַיְקַנְא֣וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mpIn the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.here: and they were envious
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 3:31תְּ֭קַנֵּאtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;here: you be jealous
- Proverbs 23:17יְקַנֵּ֣אyekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularDo not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.here: it be jealous
- Proverbs 24:1תְּ֭קַנֵּאtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not envy wicked men or desire their company;here: you be jealous
- Proverbs 24:19תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.here: you be jealous
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 8:3הַמַּקְנֶֽה׃hamaknehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.here: which provokes to jealousy
- Ezekiel 31:9וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙vaykanuhuHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3msI made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’here: and they envied it
- Ezekiel 39:25וְקִנֵּאתִ֖יvekinetiHc/Vpq1csTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.here: and I will be zealous
Joel1 occurrence
Zechariah3 occurrences
- Zechariah 1:14קִנֵּ֧אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularThen the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,here: I am jealous
- Zechariah 8:2קִנֵּ֥אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”here: I am jealous
- Zechariah 8:2קִנֵּ֥אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”here: I am jealous