Word Study · Strong's H7069 · Hebrew
קָנָה
qanah
kaw-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qânâh
“to erect, i.e. create”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Rendered in the KJV as
attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.
- 84occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 20 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 70inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 84 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 70
- קְנֵ֣ה6
- וַיִּ֜קֶן2
- וַיִּ֨קֶן2
- וְלִקְנ֤וֹת2
- לִקְנ֖וֹת2
- קֹנֵ֖ה2
- קְנֵֽה־2
- קְנֵה־2
- קֹנֵ֔הוּ2
- קָנִ֙יתִי֙2
- אֶקְנֶ֤ה1
- אֶקְנֶ֖ה1
and 58 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 54
- buy5
- you will buy5
- acquire4
- and he bought4
- and to acquire3
- to acquire3
- to buy3
- [the] creator of2
- acquire [it]2
- and I bought2
- and you will buy2
- he bought2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 33
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular12
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)6
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular6
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular6
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular5
- Hc/Vqw3ms4
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute3
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2
- Hc/Vqq2ms2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqv2ms · 12
- HR/Vqcc · 6
- HVqp2ms · 6
- HVqp3ms · 6
- HVqp1cs · 5
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 4
- HTd/Vqrmsa · 3
- HVqaa · 3
- HVqi3ms · 3
- HVqrmsa · 3
- HC/R/Vqcc · 2
- Hc/Vqq2ms · 2
All 84, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Proverbs14 of 84 · 17%
- Jeremiah13 of 84 · 15%
- Genesis12 of 84 · 14%
- Leviticus9 of 84 · 11%
- Ruth6 of 84 · 7%
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Genesis12 occurrences
- Genesis 4:1קָנִ֥יתִיkanitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularAnd Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.here: I have acquired
- Genesis 14:19קֹנֵ֖הkonehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,here: [the] creator of
- Genesis 14:22קֹנֵ֖הkonehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,here: [the] creator of
- Genesis 25:10קָנָ֥הkanahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThis was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.here: he had acquired
- Genesis 33:19וַיִּ֜קֶןvaiyikenHc/Vqw3msAnd the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.here: and he bought
- Genesis 39:1וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּvaiyiknehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3msMeanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.here: and he bought him
- Genesis 47:19קְנֵֽה־keneh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularWhy should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”here: buy
- Genesis 47:20וַיִּ֨קֶןvaiyikenHc/Vqw3msSo Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,here: and he bought
- Genesis 47:22קָנָ֑הkanahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHowever, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.here: he bought
- Genesis 47:23קָנִ֨יתִיkanitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.here: I have bought
- Genesis 49:30קָנָ֨הkanahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: he bought
- Genesis 50:13קָנָה֩kanahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThey carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: he had bought
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 15:16קָנִֽיתָ׃kanitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularand terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.here: you have bought
- Exodus 21:2תִקְנֶה֙tiknehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.here: you will buy
Leviticus9 occurrences
- Leviticus 22:11יִקְנֶ֥הyiknehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.here: he will acquire
- Leviticus 25:14קָנֹ֖הkanohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteIf you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.here: you will buy
- Leviticus 25:15תִּקְנֶ֖הtiknehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.here: you will buy
- Leviticus 25:28הַקֹּנֶ֣הhakonehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.here: the [one who] bought
- Leviticus 25:30לַקֹּנֶ֥הlakonehpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularIf it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.here: to the [one who] bought
- Leviticus 25:44תִּקְנ֖וּtiknuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYour menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.here: you will buy
- Leviticus 25:45תִּקְנ֔וּtiknuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.here: you will buy
- Leviticus 25:50קֹנֵ֔הוּkonehuverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.here: [the] [one who] bought him
- Leviticus 27:24קָנָ֖הוּkanahuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIn the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.here: he bought it
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 28:68קֹנֶֽה׃ סkonehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”here: [will be] a buyer
- Deuteronomy 32:6קָּנֶ֔ךָkanechaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularIs this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?here: he created you
Ruth6 occurrences
- Ruth 4:4קְ֠נֵהkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularI thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.here: acquire [it]
- Ruth 4:5קְנוֹתְךָ֥kenotchaverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThen Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”here: acquiring you
- Ruth 4:5קָנִ֔יתָהkanitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThen Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”here: you have acquired
- Ruth 4:8קְנֵה־keneh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularSo the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”here: acquire [it]
- Ruth 4:9קָנִ֙יתִי֙kanitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularAt this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.here: I acquire
- Ruth 4:10קָנִ֧יתִיkanitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularMoreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”here: I acquire
2 Samuel5 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 12:3קָנָ֔הkanahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularbut the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.here: he had acquired
- 2 Samuel 24:21לִקְנ֧וֹתliknotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”here: to buy
- 2 Samuel 24:24קָנ֨וֹkanoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.here: certainly to buy
- 2 Samuel 24:24אֶקְנֶ֤הʾeknehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.here: I will buy [it]
- 2 Samuel 24:24וַיִּ֨קֶןvaiyikenHc/Vqw3ms“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.here: and he bought
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 12:12וְלִקְנ֤וֹתveliknotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.here: and to acquire
- 2 Kings 22:6וְלִקְנ֤וֹתveliknotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.here: and to acquire
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 21:24קָנֹ֥הkanohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”here: certainly to acquire
- 1 Chronicles 21:24אֶקְנֶ֖הʾeknehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”here: I will acquire [it]
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:8קָ֠נִינוּkaninuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluraland said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.here: we have bought
- Nehemiah 5:16קָנִ֑ינוּkaninuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralInstead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.here: we acquired
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 74:2קָ֘נִ֤יתָkanitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularRemember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.here: [which] you acquired
- Psalms 78:54קָנְתָ֥הkanetahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularHe brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.here: it had acquired
- Psalms 139:13קָנִ֣יתָkanitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularFor You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.here: you created
Proverbs14 occurrences
- Proverbs 1:5יִקְנֶֽה׃yiknehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularlet the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counselhere: let him get
- Proverbs 4:5קְנֵ֣הkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularGet wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.here: acquire
- Proverbs 4:5קְנֵ֣הkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularGet wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.here: acquire
- Proverbs 4:7קְנֵ֣הkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularWisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.here: acquire
- Proverbs 4:7קְנֵ֣הkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularWisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.here: acquire
- Proverbs 8:22קָ֭נָנִיkananiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.here: he created me
- Proverbs 15:32ק֣וֹנֶהkonehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.here: [is] acquiring
- Proverbs 16:16קְֽנֹה־kenoh-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.here: to acquire
- Proverbs 16:16וּקְנ֥וֹתukenotconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.here: and to acquire
- Proverbs 17:16לִקְנ֖וֹתliknotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?here: to acquire
- Proverbs 18:15יִקְנֶה־yikneh-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.here: it acquires
- Proverbs 19:8קֹֽנֶה־koneh-verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.here: [one who] acquires
- Proverbs 20:14הַקּוֹנֶ֑הhakonehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.here: the buyer
- Proverbs 23:23קְ֭נֵהkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularInvest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.here: buy
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:3קֹנֵ֔הוּkonehuverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”here: owner its
- Isaiah 11:11לִקְנ֖וֹתliknotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.here: to acquire
- Isaiah 24:2כַּקּוֹנֶה֙kakonehpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularpeople and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.here: as the buyer
- Isaiah 43:24קָנִ֨יתָkanitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.here: you have bought
Jeremiah13 occurrences
- Jeremiah 13:1וְקָנִ֤יתָvekanitaHc/Vqq2msThis is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”here: and you will buy
- Jeremiah 13:2וָאֶקְנֶ֥הvaeknehHc/Vqw1csSo I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.here: and I bought
- Jeremiah 13:4קָנִ֖יתָkanitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”here: you bought
- Jeremiah 19:1וְקָנִ֥יתָvekanitaHc/Vqq2msThis is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,here: and you will buy
- Jeremiah 32:7קְנֵ֣הkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularBehold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’here: buy
- Jeremiah 32:7לִקְנֽוֹת׃liknotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’here: to buy [it]
- Jeremiah 32:8קְנֵ֣הkenehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.here: buy
- Jeremiah 32:8קְנֵה־keneh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.here: buy [it]
- Jeremiah 32:9וָֽאֶקְנֶה֙vaeknehHc/Vqw1csSo I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.here: and I bought
- Jeremiah 32:15יִקָּנ֥וּyikanuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”here: they will be bought
- Jeremiah 32:25קְנֵֽה־keneh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularYet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”here: buy
- Jeremiah 32:43וְנִקְנָ֥הveniknahHc/VNq3msAnd fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’here: and it will be bought
- Jeremiah 32:44יִקְנ֗וּyiknuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralFields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”here: people will buy
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 11:5קֹנֵיהֶ֤ןkoneihenverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluralwhose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.here: [those who] buy them
- Zechariah 13:5הִקְנַ֥נִיhiknaniverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularHe will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’here: he sold me
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